Table 3.

Odds Ratio (95% CI) for obesity and abdominal obesity at 8–14 years of age by: age of introduction to SSB, cumulative intake of SSB (tertiles) during the pre-school period, and covariates (N=227)

	Obesity (>2 SD BMI Z score)				Abdominal Obesity (WC >90th percentile)
	Unadjusted		Adjusted		Unadjusted		Adjusted
	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Age of Introduction to SSB
>12 months	ref	-	ref	-	ref	-	ref	-
≤12 months	1.86	0.83, 4.18	2.00	0.87, 4.59	1.45	0.64, 3.28	1.70	0.70, 4.09
Cumulative SSB intake
1st tertile (1,642 – 15,242 mL)	ref	-	ref	-	ref	-	ref	-
2nd tertile (15,410 – 22,484 mL)	0.84	0.34, 2.02	0.84	0.32, 2.13	1.15	0.47, 2.80	1.14	0.42, 3.07
3rd tertile (22,731 – 55,913 mL)	2.69	1.25, 5.79	2.99	1.27, 7.00	2.29	1.01, 5.19	2.70	1.03, 7.03
Covariates
Sex (female)			0.84	0.42, 1.67			2.02	0.93, 4.35
Age (years)			0.91	0.72, 1.14			0.83	0.63, 1.06
Non-SSB-energy intake (per 100 kcal/d)			0.99	0.99, 1.00			0.99	0.99, 1.00
TV watching (hours per week)			1.01	0.95, 1.06			1.04	0.97, 1.10
Physical activity (hours per week)			0.96	0.85, 1.08			0.89	0.77, 1.02
Breastfeeding up to 12 months of age			0.59	0.27, 1.26			0.44	0.18, 1.04
Maternal obesity at 12 months postpartum			2.81	1.32, 5.95			3.97	1.79, 8.77