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

TABLE 5.

Associations of Second-Trimester Intake of Beverages With DXA FMI (kg/m2) 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 DXA FMI (95% CI) Per 1 Serving/d Increment in Maternal Beverage Intake
SSB 1078 0.31 (0.15 to 0.47) 0.15 (−0.01 to 0.30) 0.15 (−0.01 to 0.30)
 Sugary soda 1078 0.46 (0.19 to 0.72) 0.19 (−0.06 to 0.44) 0.21 (−0.05 to 0.47)
 Fruit drinks 1078 0.29 (0.06 to 0.52) 0.15 (−0.07 to 0.36) 0.15 (−0.07 to 0.36)
Juice 1078 0.07 (−0.06 to 0.19) 0.04 (−0.07 to 0.15) 0.06 (−0.05 to 0.17)
Diet soda 1078 0.27 (0.02 to 0.52) 0.17 (−0.05 to 0.39) 0.01 (−0.25 to 0.27)
Water 1078 0.01 (−0.05 to 0.07) 0.03 (−0.02 to 0.09) 0.03 (−0.03 to 0.08)
Difference in DXA FMI (95% CI) Per 1 Serving/d Increment in Second-Trimester SSB Intake
By maternal prepregnancy BMI
 <25 702 0.25 (0.10 to 0.41) 0.19 (0.03 to 0.34) 0.19 (0.03 to 0.35)
 ≥25 376 0.27 (−0.03 to 0.57) 0.10 (−0.19 to 0.39) 0.10 (−0.19 to 0.39)
By maternal race and/or ethnicity
 African American 176 0.46 (0.00 to 0.92) 0.30 (−0.13 to 0.73) 0.30 (−0.13 to 0.73)
 White 730 0.09 (−0.08 to 0.25) −0.01 (−0.17 to 0.15) 0.00 (−0.16 to 0.16)
 Other (Hispanic, Asian American, other) 172 0.55 (0.17 to 0.93) 0.38 (0.00 to 0.76) 0.37 (−0.02 to 0.76)
By child sex
 Boy 535 0.20 (−0.01 to 0.41) 0.05 (−0.16 to 0.27) 0.06 (−0.16 to 0.27)
 Girl 543 0.40 (0.18 to 0.61) 0.18 (−0.02 to 0.39) 0.18 (−0.02 to 0.39)

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

a

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.