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Published in final edited form as: Matern Child Health J. 2020 Jun;24(6):709–717. doi: 10.1007/s10995-020-02918-2

Table 2.

Factors associated with sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB)a intake among non-pregnant women of reproductive age, 12 states and District of Columbia, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2017

Characteristic Bivariate analysisb SSB intake
Multivariable logistic regression analysisc SSB intake ≥1 time/day
<1 time/day
≥1 time/day
p-valued
n % (95% CI) n % (95% CI) aOR (95% CI)

All non-pregnant women (n=11,321) 8315 72.7 (71.2, 74.2) 3006 27.3 (25.8, 28.8) - -
Age (n=11,321)
18–29 years 2027 71.6 (68.7, 74.4) 866 28.4 (25.6, 31.3) 0.3261 1.07 (0.88–1.30)
30–49 years 6288 73.3 (71.5, 75.0) 2140 26.7 (25.0, 28.5) 1.00 [Reference]
Race/ethnicity (n=11,174)
White, non-Hispanic 5157 74.9 (73.1, 76.6) 1703 25.1 (23.4, 26.9) 0.0001 1.00 [Reference]
Black, non-Hispanic 870 61.7 (56.5, 66.7) 488 38.3 (33.3, 43.5) 2.04 (1.55–2.69)
Hispanic 991 73.1 (68.8, 77.0) 368 26.9 (23.0, 31.2) 1.10 (0.85–1.42)
Other, non-Hispanic 1186 73.2 (67.4, 78.3) 411 26.8 (21.7, 32.6) 1.20 (0.85–1.70)
Education (n=11,303)
≤High school graduate 1990 61.3 (58.2, 64.3) 1327 38.7 (35.7, 41.8) 0.0000 2.79 (2.26–3.44)
Some college 2275 72.5 (69.8, 75.1) 951 27.5 (24.9, 30.2) 1.85 (1.50–2.27)
≥College graduate 4037 86.5 (84.8, 88.0) 723 13.5 (12.0, 15.2) 1.00 [Reference]
Marital status (n=11,276)
Married/domestic partnership 4308 77.2 (75.1, 79.2) 1172 22.8 (20.8, 24.9) 0.0000 1.00 [Reference]
Not marriede 3969 69.0 (66.7, 71.1) 1827 31.0 (28.9, 33.3) 1.15 (0.96–1.39)
Metropolitan status (n=11,321)
Metropolitan 6072 73.9 (72.1, 75.6) 2061 26.1 (24.4, 27.9) 0.0002 1.00 [Reference]
Nonmetropolitan 2243 67.2 (64.1, 70.2) 945 32.8 (29.8, 35.9) 1.35 (1.11–1.63)
Fruit and vegetable intake (n=10,907)
<5 times/day 6241 72.6 (70.8, 74.3) 2306 27.4 (25.7, 29.2) 0.3668 0.91 (0.73–1.13)
≥5 times/day 1814 74.4 (70.7, 77.8) 546 25.6 (22.2, 29.3) 1.00 [Reference]
Leisure-time physical activityf (n=11,310)
Had physical activity/exercise 6687 76.5 (74.8, 78.2) 1933 23.5 (21.8, 25.2) 0.0000 1.00 [Reference]
No physical activity/exercise 1620 60.9 (57.5, 64.2) 1070 39.1 (35.8, 42.5) 1.72 (1.43–2.07)
Smoking status (n=11,276)
Nonsmoker 5830 78.9 (77.1, 80.6) 1591 21.1 (19.4, 22.9) 0.0000 1.00 [Reference]
Former smoker 1418 73.9 (69.7, 77.7) 413 26.1 (22.3, 30.3) 1.51 (1.17–1.94)
Current smoker 1034 47.4 (43.5, 51.3) 990 52.6 (48.7, 56.5) 3.48 (2.82–4.28)

Abbreviations: sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB), confidence interval (CI), adjusted odds ratio (aOR).

a

Included non-diet soda, fruit drinks that are not 100% juice, sweet tea, sports drinks, and energy drinks.

b

Unweighted sample size and weighted percentage. Weighted percentages may not add to 100 because of rounding.

c

Multivariable logistic regression was performed to estimate adjusted odds ratios for SSB intake ≥1 time/day (reference: <1 time/day), with all characteristics included in the model (n=10,688). Bold indicates significance.

d

χ2 tests were used for each variable to examine differences by SSB intake categories.

e

Single, widowed, divorced, separated, or never married.

f

Leisure-time physical activity was categorized as 1) participating in any or 2) not participating any physical activity or exercise during the past 30 days other than their regular job.