Fig 1. RRs (95% CI) of frailty components according to sweetened beverages consumption (serving/d) among women aged ≥60 y in the NHS.

Adjusted for age (years), calendar time (4-y intervals), BMI (<25.0, 25.0–29.9, ≥30.0 kg/m²), smoking status (never, past, and current 1–14, 15–24, and ≥25 cigarettes/day), alcohol intake (0, 1.0–4.9, 5.0–14.9, or ≥15.0 g/d), energy intake (quintiles of kcal/d), physical activity (quintiles), medication use (aspirin, postmenopausal hormone therapy, diuretics, β-blockers, calcium channel blockers, ACE inhibitors, other blood pressure medication, statins and other cholesterol-lowering drugs, insulin, oral hypoglycemic medication), AHEI (quartiles), cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. All beverages were mutually adjusted for each other. The group “other juices” includes apple juice or cider, grapefruit juice, prune juice, and non-specified fruit juices. 95% CI, 95% confidence interval; ACE, angiotensin converting enzyme; AHEI, Alternate Healthy Eating Index; ASB, artificially sweetened beverage; BMI, body mass index; NHS, Nurses’ Health Study; RR, relative risk; SSB, sugar-sweetened beverage.