TABLE 3.

Association between added sugars intake (% of calories) and percentage of children and adolescents 2–18 y (NHANES 2009–2014) with micronutrient intakes below the EAR for added sugars intake deciles 2 through 9¹

	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	2.71 ± 0.51	0.0018*	1.80 ± 0.50	0.0117	3.27 ± 0.64	0.0022*
Copper	0.23 ± 0.19	0.2658	−0.004 ± 0.01	0.5212	0.46 ± 0.32	0.2043
Iron	0.19 ± 0.07	0.0310	0.01 ± 0.05	0.7928	0.31 ± 0.11	0.0301
Magnesium	1.63 ± 0.27	0.0009*	0.06 ± 0.05	0.3086	2.92 ± 0.42	0.0005*
Phosphorus	0.90 ± 0.55	0.1513	0.004 ± 0.007	0.5740	1.39 ± 0.0.85	0.1554
Selenium	−0.01 ± 0.01	0.5339	0.00003 ± 0.0001	0.7560	−0.004 ± 0.012	0.7441
Zinc	0.49 ± 0.53	0.3910	0.03 ± 0.06	0.6313	0.86 ± 0.89	0.3715
Vitamins
Folate	0.40 ± 0.10	0.0067*	0.01 ± 0.01	0.4083	0.70 ± 0.14	0.0024*
Niacin	0.20 ± 03	0.4510	0.007 ± 0.005	0.2175	0.02 ± 0.04	0.6577
Riboflavin	0.09 ± 0.06	0.2008	0.004 ± 0.003	0.3527	0.20 ± 0.08	0.0480
Thiamin	0.15 ± 0.09	0.1323	0.011 ± 0.005	0.0549	0.30 ± 0.14	0.0714
Vitamin A	1.71 ± 0.33	0.0020*	0.19 ± 0.15	0.2536	2.63 ± 0.50	0.0019*
Vitamin B12	0.02 ± 0.09	0.8063	−0.003 ± 0.006	0.6702	0.07 ± 0.15	0.6658
Vitamin B6	0.11 ± 0.07	0.1565	0.004 ± 0.006	0.6636	0.23 ± 0.12	0.1158
Vitamin C	0.47 ± 0.25	0.1049	0.02 ± 0.14	0.9048	0.85 ± 0.46	0.1158
Vitamin D	1.62 ± 0.32	0.0021*	1.85 ± 0.30	0.0008*	1.46 ± 0.33	0.0044*
Vitamin E	0.89 ± 0.51	0.1293	0.67 ± 0.71	0.2810	1.11 ± 0.57	0.1003

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.