Table 4.

Diet and Regular Soft Drink Consumption and Combined Vascular Events Among Those Who Were Healthier at Baseline

Soft drink consumption	HR (95% CI) for vascular events*
Regular soft drinks
None (<1/mo, N = 505, 114 events)	1.00 (ref)
Light (1/mo–6/wk, N = 461, 82 events)	0.93 (0.68–1.25)
Daily (1+/day, N = 156, 41events)	1.57 (1.05–2.35)†
Continuous (regular soft drinks /wk)	1.02 (0.99–1.04)
Diet soft drinks
None (<1/mo, N = 932, 192 events)	1.00 (ref)
Light (1/mo–6/wk, N = 143, 30 events)	0.94 (0.62–1.41)
Daily (1+/day, N = 47, 15 events)	1.59 (0.92–2.74)‡
Continuous (diet soft drinks /wk)	1.03 (1.00–1.07)†

* Restricted to those who were not obese (BMI < 30) and no history of diabetes or metabolic syndrome (N = 1122, 237 events); Adjusted for demographics, behavioral risk factors, BMI, daily diet, history of hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, cardiac disease, peripheral vascular disease, and mutually adjusted for each type of soft drinks

^†p < 0.05

^‡ 0.05 < p < 0.10