Table 3.
Risk of coronary heart disease per serving of sugar-sweetened and artificially sweetened beverages
| Beverage | Mean servings per day (SD) |
Relative risk for 1 serving per day (95% C.I.) |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total sugar-sweetened beverages | 0.36 (0.61) | 1.19 (1.11, 1.28) | < 0.01 |
| Colas | 0.21 (0.46) | 1.19 (1.09, 1.31) | < 0.01 |
| Carbonated non-colas | 0.07 (0.20) | 1.25 (1.04, 1.51) | 0.02 |
| Fruit punches, lemonades, other non- carbonated fruit drinks |
0.08 (0.27) | 1.25 (1.08, 1.46) | < 0.01 |
| Artificially sweetened beverages | 0.49 (0.94) | 1.05 (1.00, 1.10) | 0.05 |
| Colas | 0.37 (0.80) | 1.03 (0.97, 1.09) | 0.30 |
| Carbonated non-colas | 0.11 (0.33) | 1.20 (1.07, 1.35) | <0.01 |
Models are adjusted for the same covariates as in Table 2, except for mediators (high cholesterol, high blood pressured, type 2 diabetes). SD = standard deviation.