Table 5. Dietary diversity, food variety score and mean adequacy ratio of 1–3 and 4–8 year olds according to quartiles of added sugar intake per day as a percentage of energy (%EAS).

	All	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
1–3 yrs
Number (weighted n)	1308(795)	322 (199)	317 (199)	330 (199)	339 (198)
Added Sugar (g) Mean	21.8	2.9 [D]	14.1 [C]	25.2 [B]	45.2 [A]
Added Sugar (g) 95% CI *	20.5–23.1	2.4–3.3	13.3–14.9	23.8–26.5	42.5–47.9
Added Sugar (%) Mean	8.8	1.0 [D]	5.4 [C]	9.8 [B]	19.2 [A]
Added Sugar (%) 95% CI	8.3–9.3	0.8–1.1	5.2–5.5	9.6–10.0	18.2–20.1
Mean DDS	3.5	3.0 [B]	3.6 [A]	3.7 [A]	3.7 [A]
DDS 95% CI	3.4–3.6	2.8–3.1	3.4–3.8	3.6–3.9	3.5–4.0
Mean FVS	5.4	4.1 [B]	5.4 [A]	5.9 [A]	5.9 [A]
FVS 95% CI	5.1–5.6	3.9–4.4	5.1–5.8	5.6–6.3	5.5–6.4
Mean MAR	64.7	61.4 [B]	68.5 [A]	67.3 [A]	61.7 [B]
MAR 95% CI	63.1–66.3	58.2–64.5	66.1–70.9	65.2–69.4	58.4–65.0
4–8 yrs
Number (weighted n)	1510 (1405)	387 (351)	370 (352)	377 (351)	376(351)
Added Sugar (g) Mean	30.4	5.8 [D]	20.0 [C]	33.6 [B]	62.1 [A]
Added Sugar (g) 95% CI	28.2–32.6	4.9–6.8	19.2–20.8	31.8–35.5	57.5–66.8
Added Sugar (%) Mean	9.2	1.5 [D]	6.0 [C]	10.1 [B]	19.3 [A]
Added Sugar (%) 95% CI	8.7–9.8	1.3–1.8	5.8–6.1	9.9–10.3	18.5–20.1
Mean DDS	3.6	3.2 [C]	3.6 [B]	3.7 [A][B]	4.0 [A]
DDS 95% CI	3.5–3.7	3.0–3.3	3.4–3.8	3.5–3.9	3.7–4.2
Mean FVS	5.6	4.6 [C]	5.5 [B]	6.0 [A][B]	6.4 [A]
FVS 95% CI	5.4–5.9	4.2–4.9	5.2–5.8	5.5–6.4	5.9–6.9
Mean MAR	62.5	59.2 [B]	64.9 [A]	64.2 [A]	61.6 [A][B]
MAR 95% CI	60.7–64.2	56.7–61.6	62.8–66.9	61.3–67.1	57.4–65.7

*95% CI = 95% Confidence interval;

[A], [B], [C], [D]: Values with different letters are significant differences between groups (%EAS quartile groups), Bonferroni, p<0.05.

DDS = Dietary Diversity Score; FVS = Food Variety Score; MAR = Mean Adequacy Ratio.