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. 2020 Feb 10;9:e7. doi: 10.1017/jns.2020.2

Table 4.

Distribution of anthropometric measures and blood biochemistry by group of tea and soda/sports/energy drink consumption in adolescents (n 4277)*

(Mean values or mean differences with their standard errors)

Variable All LL LH HL HH
Mean se P Mean se P Mean se P Mean se P Mean se P
1993–1996 (1st survey)
BMI (kg/m2) 20·2 0·1 20·2 0·3 19·6 0·3 20·4 0·3 20·3 0·4
WC (cm) 65·6 0·3 65·8 0·6 64·9 1·1 65·3 0·7 66·3 1·5
HDL-C (mg/dl)ǁ 57·6 1·6 57·6 1·1 55·4 4·6 60·1 2·3 56·6 2·2
LDL-C (mg/dl)ǁ 90·1 1·7 89·1 2·5 94·9 2·8 91·5 3·1 85·2 4·6
TC (mg/dl)ǁ 161·5 2·1 160·6 2·3 164·1 3·1 165·3 3·6 154·7 5·3 §
TAG (mg/dl)ǁ 68·3 2·0 68·8 2·6 68·8 3·3 67·9 2·0 63·4 4·2
FBG (mg/dl)ǁ 80·0 0·8 80·0 0·8 79·9 0·7 79·7 1·3 80·5 0·7
SUA (mg/dl)ǁ 6·5 0·1 6·3 0·1 7·0 0·2 6·4 0·1 6·8 0·2
2010–2011 (2nd survey)
BMI (kg/m2) 21·6 0·1 21·5 0·1 22·2 0·5 21·7 0·2 21·8 0·5
WC (cm) 76·7 0·3 76·2 0·4 78·1 1·3 77·4 0·5 77·4 1·1
HDL-C (mg/dl) 55·2 0·4 55·7 0·5 52·8 1·5 54·7 0·5 52·5 1·8
LDL-C (mg/dl) 90·3 0·8 89·8 1·0 96·1 3·1 90·1 1·4 93·2 2·5
TC (mg/dl) 159·7 0·9 159·6 1·2 164·4 2·7 159·1 1·4 160·8 2·2
TAG (mg/dl) 71·3 1·1 70·3 1·1 78·3 3·9 72·4 1·7 74·1 3·6
FBG (mg/dl) 94·6 0·4 94·3 0·4 97·4 1·4 94·8 0·6 94·5 1·1
SUA (mg/dl) 5·8 0·0 5·7 0·0 6·6 0·2 5·9 0·1 6·3 0·1 §
Mean difference (2nd survey–1st survey)
BMI (kg/m2) 1·4 0·2 <0·001 1·2 0·3 0·003 2·6 0·5 0·001 1·2 0·4 0·008 1·5 0·6 0·041
WC (cm) 11 0·5 <0·001 10·4 0·7 <0·001 13·2 1·7 <0·001 12·1 0·8 <0·001 11·1 1·9 <0·001
HDL-C (mg/dl) −2·5 1·7 0·164 −1·9 1·2 0·151 −2·6 4·8 0·605 −5·4 2·4 0·045 −4·0 2·9 0·192
LDL-C (mg/dl) 0·3 1·9 0·892 0·7 2·7 0·788 1·3 4·2 0·769 −1·4 3·4 0·685 8·0 5·2 0·158
TC (mg/dl) −1·0 2·3 0·452 −1·0 2·5 0·711 0·3 4·1 0·938 −6·2 3·8 0·140 6·1 5·7 0·311
TAG (mg/dl) 3·1 2·3 0·216 1·4 2·8 0·624 9·5 5·1 0·095 4·6 2·6 0·114 10·7 5·5 0·082
FBG (mg/d) 14·6 0·9 <0·001 14·3 0·9 <0·001 17·4 1·5 <0·001 15·1 1·4 <0·001 14·0 1·3 <0·001
SUA (mg/dl) −0·6 0·1 <0·001 −0·6 0·1 <0·001 −0·4 0·3 0·246 −0·5 0·2 0·012 −0·5 0·2 0·086

LL, low tea (<7 times/week) and low soda/sports drink intake (<4·5 times/week); LH, low tea (<7 times/week) and high soda/sports drink intake (≥4·5 times/week); HL, high tea (≥7 times/week) and low soda/sports drink intake (<4·5 times/week); HH, high tea (≥7 times/week) and high soda/sports drink intake (≥4·5 times/week); WC, waist circumference; HDL-C, HDL-cholesterol; LDL-C, LDL-cholesterol; TC, total cholesterol; FBG, fasting blood glucose; SUA, serum uric acid.

*

Values have been age standardised to the age distribution of 1993–1996.

Significantly different from participants in the LL group in the same survey (P < 0·05; t test).

Significantly different from participants in the LH group in the same survey (P < 0·05; t test).

§

Significantly different from participants in the HL group in the same survey (P < 0·05; t test).

ǁ To convert cholesterol from mg/dl to mmol/l, multiply by 0·0259. To convert TAG from mg/dl to mmol/l, multiply by 0·0113. To convert FBG from mg/dl to mmol/l, multiply by 0·0555. To convert SUA from mg/dl to μmol/l, multiply by 59·48.