Table 3.
Non-nutritive sweeteners intakes among low-medium income pre-schoolers from the Food and Environment Chilean Cohort, by sex
| Non-nutritive sweeteners consumers | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Girls | Boys | P-value | |||||||
| n | Median (IQR) | Mean (SD) | n | Median (IQR) | Mean (SD) | n | Median (IQR) | Mean (SD) | ||
| Sodium Cyclamate | 9 | 1.6 (1.3–2.6) | 2.0 (1.1) | 5 | 1.3 (0.8–1.3) | 1.6 (1.3) | 4 | 2.4 (1.9–3.0) | 2.4 (0.8) | 0.142 |
| Saccharin | 12 | 0.7 (0.3–1.2) | 0.8 (0.5) | 6 | 0.3 (0.2–0.8) | 0.5 (0.4) | 6 | 1.0 (0.6–1.3) | 1.0 (0.4) | 0.078 |
| Aspartame | 241 | 2.5 (1.4–3.7) | 3.1 (2.6) | 115 | 2.4 (1.4–3.4) | 2.8 (2.0) | 126 | 2.8 (1.4–4.2) | 3.4 (3.0) | 0.260 |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 268 | 0.9 (0.6–1.8) | 1.4 (1.4) | 126 | 0.9 (0.5–1.7) | 1.2 (1.1) | 142 | 1.0 (0.6–1.9) | 1.5 (1.6) | 0.277 |
| Sucralose | 520 | 0.9 (0.4–1.5) | 1.1 (1.0) | 248 | 0.9 (0.4–1.6) | 1.1 (1.0) | 272 | 0.8 (0.5–1.5) | 1.1 (1.0) | 0.747 |
| Steviol glycosides | 216 | 1.2 (0.2–2.1) | 1.5 (1.9) | 109 | 1.2 (0.2–2.1) | 1.6 (2.3) | 107 | 1.2 (0.3–2.0) | 1.5 (1.5) | 0.910 |
Non-nutritive sweeteners intakes are expressed in mg/kg of body weight per consumer.
Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney tests were used to compare NNS consumption by sex. P-value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.