Table 1.

Demographic and Clinical Characteristics by Categories of Sugar Sweetened Beverage Consumption in Adolescents 12–18 Years in the NHANES 1999–2004.

			Categories of Sugar Sweetened Beverage Intake (oz/day)					Pa
		Overall	0	1–12	13–24	25–36	>36
Nb		4867	774	569	1,410	916	1,198
%c			17.4%	9.6%	27.6%	18.1%	27.3%
Age, median, yrs.		15.5	15.4	14.6	15.0	15.3	16.4	<0.0001
Boys, %		52.1%	43.3%	36.9%	50.5%	54.3%	63.3%	<0.0001
Race/Ethnicity, %	White	63.5%	67.5%	53.6%	60.9%	63.3%	67.1%	0.42
	Black	15.1%	12.3%	21.3%	16.8%	15.6%	12.7%
	Hispanic	16.6%	14.8%	20.5%	18.0%	16.7%	15.0%
	Other	4.8%	5.4%	4.6%	4.4%	4.5%	5.2%
BMI Z-score, median		0.48	0.42	0.51	0.50	0.38	0.51	0.55
Height Z-score, median		0.13	0.12	−0.11	0.22	0.07	0.20	0.08
Total Calories, median, kcal/d		2172	1915.7	1741.0	2049.5	2249.0	2673.0	<0.0001
Dietary Fiber, median. gm/d		11.9	12.6	10.5	11.5	11.6	12.6	0.15
Sodium, median, mg/d		3150	2946	2842	2886	3080	3739	<0.0001
Caffeine, median, mg/d		37	2.5	8.0	34.9	56.2	105.0	<0.0001
Milk, oz/d	<1	46.8%	42.8%	45.2%	41.7%	45.7%	55.6%	0.0002
	1–8	10.8%	11.0%	13.2%	11.4%	10.0%	9.7%
	9–16	22.2%	19.1%	25.5%	24.9%	25.9%	18.0%
	>16	20.2%	27.1%	16.1%	22.0%	18.4%	16.7%
Diet Beverages, oz/d	<1	83.6%	67.8%	83.4%	81.5%	91.1%	90.8%	<0.0001
	1–12	5.8%	9.2%	7.7%	6.9%	3.5%	3.3%
	>12	10.6%	23.0%	8.9%	11.6%	5.4%	5.9%
Smoking, %		15.1%	10.9%	9.6%	11.1%	16.4%	23.1%	<0.0001
Alcohol, %		1.3%	1.0%	0.1%	1.1%	0.9%	2.6%	0.003

^aP for trend.

^bRaw number of adolescents in study population not adjusted for sample survey design.

^cExcept where otherwise noted, data shown is adjusted for the complex sample survey design of NHANES 1999–2004.