Table 2.
Subject characteristics (Means and 95% CI’s) across categories of sugar sweetened beverage intake stratified by BMI category
| Categories of SSB intake (servings per week) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | P-trenda | |
| SSB intake median (min, max) | 0 (0,0) | 0.5 (0.5, 0.9) | 1.9 (1.0, 3.5) | 7.0 (3.9, 60.0) | |
| Number of participants | |||||
| Normal Weight (n) | 598 | 388 | 400 | 439 | |
| Overweight (n) | 582 | 369 | 508 | 538 | |
| Obese (n) | 449 | 239 | 278 | 319 | |
| Total | 1629 | 996 | 1186 | 1296 | |
| Male (%) b | |||||
| Normal Weight | 16.7 (13.1, 20.2) | 22.4 (18.1, 26.8) | 32.8 (28.5, 37.0) | 47.0 (42.9, 51.2) | < 0.001 |
| Overweight | 39.7 (35.8, 43.5) | 54.8 (50.0, 59.6) | 65.1 (61.0, 69.2) | 75.9 (71.8, 79.9) | < 0.001 |
| Obese | 36.2 (31.7, 40.7) | 46.0 (39.9, 52.1) | 56.2 (50.5, 61.9) | 70.3 (65.0, 75.7) | < 0.001 |
| Total | 29.9 (27.5, 32.2) | 40.0 (37.0, 42.9) | 52.2 (49.5, 55) | 65.2 (62.6, 67.9) | < 0.001 |
| Age (years) b | |||||
| Normal Weight | 50.5 (49.2, 51.7) | 46.6 (45.1, 48) | 45.1 (43.7, 46.4) | 42.1 (40.8, 43.4) | < 0.001 |
| Overweight | 52.7 (51.6, 53.7) | 50.8 (49.4, 52.1) | 48.8 (47.6, 49.9) | 45.8 (44.7, 46.9) | < 0.001 |
| Obese | 52.7 (51.5, 53.9) | 50.6 (49.0, 52.2) | 48.2 (46.7, 49.7) | 46.5 (45.2, 47.9) | < 0.001 |
| Total | 51.9 (51.3, 52.6) | 49.0 (48.2, 49.8) | 47.2 (46.5, 48) | 44.5 (43.7, 45.2) | < 0.001 |
| Current Smoker (%) b | |||||
| Normal Weight | 11.5 (8.5, 14.6) | 11.3 (7.7, 14.8) | 12.0 (8.6, 15.5) | 22.4 (19.2, 25.6) | < 0.001 |
| Overweight | 10.8 (8.0, 13.5) | 11.7 (8.3, 15.1) | 13.2 (10.3, 16.2) | 16.4 (13.4, 19.3) | 0.006 |
| Obese | 11.4 (8.3, 14.5) | 11.1 (6.9, 15.2) | 9.3 (5.5, 13.2) | 17.1 (13.4, 20.8) | 0.008 |
| Total | 11.0 (9.3, 12.6) | 11.0 (8.9, 13.1) | 11.6 (9.7, 13.5) | 18.4 (16.5, 20.2) | < 0.001 |
| BMI (kg/m2)b,c | |||||
| Normal Weight | 22.8 (22.6, 22.9) | 22.6 (22.5, 22.8) | 22.8 (22.6, 22.9) | 22.7 (22.5, 22.8) | 0.629 |
| Overweight | 27.1 (27.0, 27.3) | 27.3 (27.2, 27.4) | 27.3 (27.2, 27.4) | 27.4 (27.2, 27.5) | 0.054 |
| Obese | 34.4 (34.0, 34.8) | 33.9 (33.5, 34.4) | 33.9 (33.4, 34.3) | 34.1 (33.6, 34.5) | 0.561 |
| Total | 27.3 (27.1, 27.5) | 26.8 (26.5, 27.1) | 26.9 (26.7, 27.2) | 26.9 (26.7, 27.2) | 0.260 |
| Calorie intake (kcal/day) b | |||||
| Normal Weight | 1828 (1777, 1880) | 1864 (1804, 1925) | 2010 (1952, 2068) | 2346 (2291, 2401) | < 0.001 |
| Overweight | 1728 (1677, 1778) | 1843 (1780, 1906) | 1959 (1905, 2014) | 2280 (2225, 2335) | < 0.001 |
| Obese | 1819 (1761, 1878) | 1952 (1874, 2031) | 1997 (1924, 2070) | 2306 (2236, 2377) | < 0.001 |
| Total | 1785 (1755, 1816) | 1871 (1833, 1909) | 1981 (1947, 2016) | 2306 (2272, 2340) | < 0.001 |
| DGAI b | |||||
| Normal Weight | 10.0 (9.8, 10.2) | 9.6 (9.3, 9.8) | 9.5 (9.3, 9.8) | 8.3 (8.1, 8.6) | < 0.001 |
| Overweight | 9.6 (9.4, 9.8) | 9.3 (9.0, 9.5) | 8.8 (8.6, 9.1) | 8.3 (8.1, 8.5) | < 0.001 |
| Obese | 8.7 (8.5, 9.0) | 8.9 (8.6, 9.2) | 8.5 (8.2, 8.8) | 7.8 (7.5, 8.0) | < 0.001 |
| Total | 9.5 (9.3, 9.6) | 9.3 (9.1, 9.4) | 9.0 (8.8, 9.1) | 8.2 (8.0, 8.3) | < 0.001 |
a
P-trend: Linear trend across the categories of SSB intake was tested by using the median SSB intake in each group as a continuous variable.
b
Lifestyle variable adjusted for age (years) and sex. Sex was adjusted for age and age was adjusted for sex.
c
Geometric means and their 95% CIs are presented.