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. 2021 Jul 28;11:15324. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-94790-5

Table 3.

Sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) intake and DSM-5 symptoms in each trimester of pregnancy.

Trimesters p valuea
First (n = 163) Second (n = 163) Third (n = 163)
SSB intake
No 19.0% 18.4% 15.3% 0.701
Yes 81.0% 81.6% 84.7%
Mean amount of intake, mL/day2 545.1 ± 209.77 553.8 ± 250.27 563.8 ± 275.11 0.777
Median (interquartile range) 500 (350, 750) 500 (350, 750) 500 (350, 750)
No. of SSB DSM-5 symptoms
0–1 symptom 46.6% 49.1% 53.4%
2–3 27.0% 27.6% 20.3%
 ≥ 4 26.4% 23.3% 26.4%
Mean no. of symptomsb 2.5 ± 2.25 2.6 ± 2.45 2.4 ± 2.43 0.750

ap values for the differences across 3 pregnant trimesters, adjusted for age, educational level, body mass index, nulliparous, and comorbidity in pregnancy.

bData are given in mean ± standard deviation.