TABLE 2.

Association between added sugars intake (% of calories) and percentage of children and adolescents 2–18 y (NHANES 2009–2014) with micronutrient intakes below the EAR¹

	Age group
	2–18 y (n = 7754)		2–8 y (n = 3423)		9–18 y (n = 4331)
Nutrient	β 2  ± SE	P 3	β ± SE	P	β ± SE	P
Minerals
Calcium	3.07 ± 0.54	0.0004*	1.72 ± 0.38	0.0020*	3.97 ± 0.71	0.0005*
Copper	0.20 ± 0.28	0.4949	−0.01 ± 0.01	0.4487	0.44 ± 0.46	0.3733
Iron	0.17 ± 0.12	0.1740	0.02 ± 0.04	0.6032	0.27 ± 0.19	0.1972
Magnesium	1.93 ± 0.42	0.0017*	0.06 ± 0.06	0.4040	3.67 ± 0.65	0.0005*
Phosphorus	0.95 ± 0.54	0.1142	0.004 ± 0.008	0.6246	1.43 ± 0.85	0.1314
Selenium	−0.01 ± 0.01	0.3137	0.00002 ± 0.0002	0.9280	−0.01 ± 0.01	0.4365
Zinc	0.57 ± 0.52	0.3024	0.02 ± 0.05	0.7119	1.03 ± 0.85	0.2591
Vitamins
Folate	0.40 ± 0.19	0.0656	0.01 ± 0.01	0.4798	0.68 ± 0.29	0.0460
Niacin	0.003 ± 0.03	0.9241	0.004 ± 0.007	0.4960	0.01 ± 0.05	0.9210
Riboflavin	0.07 ± 0.09	0.4473	0.004 ± 0.004	0.3874	0.16 ± 0.14	0.2670
Thiamin	0.12 ± 0.11	0.3022	0.01 ± 0.006	0.1139	0.20 ± 0.18	0.3025
Vitamin A	1.95 ± 0.61	0.0126	0.19 ± 0.16	0.2519	2.82 ± 0.94	0.0171
Vitamin B12	−0.01 ± 0.08	0.9037	−0.003 ± 0.006	0.6894	−0.03 ± 0.14	0.8217
Vitamin B6	0.08 ± 0.11	0.4761	0.0007 ± 0.008	0.9335	0.15 ± 0.19	0.4498
Vitamin C	0.98 ± 0.48	0.0752	0.05 ± 0.11	0.6573	1.51 ± 0.74	0.0734
Vitamin D	1.76 ± 0.22	<0.0001*	2.20 ± 0.34	0.0002*	1.56 ± 0.17	<0.0001*
Vitamin E	1.00 ± 0.35	0.0207	0.07 ± 0.50	0.8971	1.74 ± 0.39	0.0021*

¹EAR, Estimated Average Requirement.

²Regression coefficient (β) of association of percentage of the population below the EAR as assessed with usual intakes across deciles of added sugars intake as defined as the average of the percentage of calories from added sugars using 2 d of dietary recall.

³ P value for estimating the probability of rejecting the null hypothesis that the slope of the association is zero (β = 0) when it is true; *P < 0.01 deemed significant.