TABLE 1.

Diet and lifestyle characteristics of the postmenopausal participants at entry into analysis by categories of total soda intake

	None	<2 servings/wk	2 to <5 servings/wk	5 to <10 servings/wk	≥10 servings/wk
n	14,323	18,490	14,828	17,544	11,329
Age (y)	53.9 ± 3.91	53.4 ± 4.1	53.1 ± 4.2	52.9 ± 4.4	52.4 ± 4.5
BMI (kg/m2)	23.9 ± 3.9	24.7 ± 4.3	25.4 ± 4.5	26.0 ± 4.9	27.0 ± 5.5
Physical activity (MET-h/wk)2	18 ± 17	15 ± 15	15 ± 15	15 ± 15	14 ± 15
Current smoker (%)	29	22	21	22	25
Postmenopausal hormone use (%)	25	29	31	33	34
History of diabetes (%)	2	2	3	4	5
Energy intake (kcal/d)	1563 ± 501	1617 ± 505	1668 ± 509	1684 ± 515	1777 ± 564
Protein (g/d)3	76 ± 14	75 ± 13	76 ± 14	76 ± 15	76 ± 17
Alcohol (g/d)	8 ± 12	6 ± 10	6 ± 10	6 ± 10	6 ± 11
Calcium (mg/d)3	876 ± 436	889 ± 441	887 ± 436	876 ± 447	863 ± 457
Vitamin D (IU/d)3	359 ± 300	345 ± 271	338 ± 253	336 ± 274	322 ± 262
Phosphorus (mg/d)3	1179 ± 262	1160 ± 244	1158 ± 241	1169 ± 249	1188 ± 271
Caffeine (mg/d)3	363 ± 268	342 ± 254	336 ± 246	334 ± 248	353 ± 255
Alternate Mediterranean diet score4	4.2 ± 1.8	4.0 ± 1.8	4.1 ± 1.8	4.0 ± 1.8	3.9 ± 1.8
Milk (servings/d)	0.9 ± 1	0.9 ± 1	0.9 ± 0.9	0.8 ± 0.9	0.8 ± 0.9
Regular soda (servings/wk)	0 ± 0	0.5 ± 0.4	1.3 ± 1.4	2.0 ± 3.2	4.4 ± 7.7
Diet soda (servings/wk)	0 ± 0	0.4 ± 0.4	1.8 ± 1.4	4.8 ± 2.8	15.1 ± 10.6
Colas (servings/wk)	0 ± 0	0.4 ± 0.4	1.4 ± 1.3	3.1 ± 3.0	9.7 ± 10.6
Noncolas (servings/wk)	0 ± 0	0.3 ± 0.3	0.8 ± 1.0	1.2 ± 1.9	2.9 ± 5.4
Caffeinated sodas (servings/wk)	0 ± 0	0.3 ± 0.3	1.2 ± 1.2	2.8 ± 2.7	8.1 ± 8.6
Noncaffeinated sodas(servings/wk)	0 ± 0	0.5 ± 0.4	1.9 ± 1.2	4.0 ± 2.8	10.6 ± 9.2

¹Mean ± SD (all such values).

²MET-h, metabolic equivalent task-hours. This variable was not available for women who entered the analysis before 1986.

³Energy adjusted.

⁴Possible range: 0–9 points.