TABLE 2.

Weight status, high–cardiometabolic risk cluster, and socioeconomic markers according to tertiles of SSB intake at 14 y of age in the Western Australian Pregnancy (Raine) cohort¹

	Tertiles of SSB intake
	1	2	3	P2
M [n (%)]	266 (31.8)	280 (33.4)	291 (34.8)	0.21
F [n (%)]	285 (35.9)	253 (31.9)	256 (32.2)	—
Overweight or obese [n (%)]	117 (32.0)	111 (30.3)	138 (37.7)	0.10
Overweight [n (%)]	92 (35.1)	77 (29.4)	93 (35.5)	0.36
Obese [n (%)]	25 (24.0)	34 (32.7)	45 (43.3)	0.04
High–metabolic risk cluster [n (%)]3	112 (31.6)	112 (31.6)	130 (36.7)	0.25
Low maternal education [n (%)]	162 (28.0)	171 (29.6)	245 (42.4)	<0.001
Family income (increasing quartiles) [n (%)]
1	127 (27.3)	139 (29.9)	199 (42.8)	<0.001
2	101 (30.8)	108 (32.9)	119 (36.3)	—
3	179 (35.2)	172 (33.9)	157 (30.9)	—
4	129 (44.2)	104 (35.6)	59 (20.2)	—

¹SSB, sugar-sweetened beverage.

²Chi-square test.

³Composite measure of metabolic risk on the basis of a 2-step cluster analysis of BMI, systolic blood pressure, serum triglycerides, and HOMA-IR, which classified individuals into low– and high–metabolic risk clusters (19, 20).