Skip to main content
. 2009 Sep 9;90(5):1172–1178. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.2009.28111

TABLE 3.

Association of sugar-sweetened beverage intake with increase in urinary albumin excretion between visits 1 and 31

Unadjusted
Model 12
Model 23
UACR Value P Value P Value P
Continuous Δ UACR
 Sugar-sweetened beverage intake4
  <1/wk (n = 294) Reference Reference Reference
  1–6/wk (n = 108) −2.88 (−17.21, 11.44) 0.7 −0.98 (−15.65, 13.69) 0.9 −0.67 (−15.74, 14.40) 0.9
  ≥7/wk (n = 45) −2.11 (−22.91, 18.70) 0.8 0.27 (−20.94, 21.49) 1.0 −0.39 (−23.60, 22.83) 1.0
UACR <30 mg/g at exam 1 and ≥30 mg/g at exam 3 or UACR >30 mg/g at exam 1 that increased ≥25%5
 Sugar-sweetened beverage intake
  <1/wk (n = 39) Reference Reference Reference
  1–6/wk (n = 19) 1.31 (0.71, 2.41) 0.4 1.44 (0.74, 2.81) 0.3 1.48 (0.73, 3.00) 0.3
  ≥7/wk (n = 7) 1.26 (0.53, 3.03) 0.6 1.28 (0.48, 3.43) 0.6 1.51 (0.49, 4.62) 0.5
1

UACR, urinary albumin to creatinine ratio; ΔUACR, change in UACR.

2

Adjusted for baseline UACR, age, sex, race.

3

Adjusted for baseline UACR, age, sex, race, education, field center, current smoking, BMI, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, phosphorus intake, protein intake, and total calorie intake.

4

Values are β-coefficients (95% CIs).

5

Values are odds ratios (95% CIs).