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. 2017 Jul 24;7:6255. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-06529-w

Table 5.

Interactions of coffee drinking and sweeteners use in relation to major depression risk*.

Total coffee drinking Use of NNS
Never Any
Never 1.0 (Reference) 1.20 (1.05–1.38)
 >0–<4 cups/day 1.04 (0.92–1.18) 1.13 (1.00–1.28)
 ≥4 cups/day 1.44 (1.18–1.75) 1.39 (1.13–1.70)

NNS = non-nutritive sweetener. *ORs and 95% CIs were computed with adjustment for age, sex, ethnicity, education, province of residence, smoking status, alcohol drinking, self-reported cardiovascular disease and diabetes, healthy eating index (in tertiles), total physical activity (in MET-min/week tertiles), and BMI. Non-nutritive sweetener use in coffee or tea or diet drinks.