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. 2017 Aug;140(2):e20170031. doi: 10.1542/peds.2017-0031

TABLE 4.

Associations of Second-Trimester Intake of Beverages With BMI z Score in Midchildhood, Overall and According to Maternal BMI, Maternal Race and/or Ethnicity, and Child Sex

Unadjusted Adjusteda Additionally Adjusted for Child Beverage Intake
N Difference in BMI z Score (95% CI) Per 1 Serving/d Increment in Maternal Beverage Intake
SSB 1078 0.15 (0.07 to 0.23) 0.07 (−0.01 to 0.15) 0.07 (−0.01 to 0.15)
 Sugary soda 1078 0.23 (0.10 to 0.36) 0.11 (−0.02 to 0.23) 0.12 (−0.01 to 0.25)
 Fruit drinks 1078 0.13 (0.02 to 0.24) 0.06 (−0.05 to 0.17) 0.06 (−0.04 to 0.17)
Juice 1078 0.02 (−0.04 to 0.08) 0.01 (−0.05 to 0.06) 0.01 (−0.05 to 0.07)
Diet soda 1078 0.12 (0.00 to 0.24) 0.07 (−0.05 to 0.18) 0.02 (−0.12 to 0.15)
Water 1078 −0.01 (−0.04 to 0.02) 0.00 (−0.03 to 0.03) 0.00 (−0.03 to 0.03)
Difference in BMI z Score (95% CI) Per 1 Serving/d Increment in Second-Trimester SSB Intake
By maternal prepregnancy BMI
 <25 702 0.10 (0.00 to 0.19) 0.07 (−0.03 to 0.17) 0.08 (−0.02 to 0.18)
 ≥25 376 0.14 (0.02 to 0.27) 0.08 (−0.04 to 0.20) 0.08 (−0.04 to 0.20)
By maternal race and/or ethnicity
 African American 176 0.17 (0.01 to 0.34) 0.14 (−0.03 to 0.30) 0.14 (−0.03 to 0.30)
 White 730 0.04 (−0.05 to 0.13) 0.00 (−0.09 to 0.09) 0.01 (−0.08 to 0.10)
 Other (Hispanic, Asian American, other) 172 0.30 (0.08 to 0.51) 0.19 (−0.02 to 0.41) 0.21 (−0.01 to 0.43)
By child sex
 Boy 535 0.10 (−0.01 to 0.21) 0.03 (−0.08 to 0.14) 0.04 (−0.08 to 0.15)
 Girl 543 0.19 (0.08 to 0.30) 0.09 (−0.02 to 0.19) 0.09 (−0.01 to 0.19)

Data from 1078 mother-child pairs participating in Project Viva.

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Adjusted for maternal age, race and/or ethnicity, education, smoking, parity, and prepregnancy BMI; household income; and child age and sex. Models stratified by race and/or ethnicity do not include race and/or ethnicity as a covariate. Models stratified by sex do not include sex as a covariate.