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. 2021 Sep 6;151(11):3516–3523. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxab260

TABLE 3.

Associations of timing of juice introduction with beverage intake at 24, 30, and 36 months and 7 years among singletons and 1 randomly selected twin from each twin pair, the Upstate KIDS cohort

Age at juice introduction
n <6 months 6 to <12 months ≥12 months P value1
Juice intake, RR (95% CI)2 3233
 Unadjusted 2.0 (1.8–2.3) 1.9 (1.7–2.1) Reference <0.0001
 Model 1 1.6 (1.4–1.8) 1.7 (1.5–1.8) Reference <0.0001
 Model 2 1.5 (1.3–1.7) 1.6 (1.4–1.7) Reference <0.0001
Soda intake, OR (95% CI)3 3234
 Unadjusted 17.2 (7.2–41.0) 3.0 (1.6–5.5) Reference <0.0001
 Model 1 1.5 (1.0–2.3) 1.2 (0.8–1.7) Reference 0.02
 Model 2 1.6 (1.0–2.4) 1.2 (0.8–1.7) Reference 0.01
Water intake, RR (95% CI)2 3199
 Unadjusted 1.0 (0.9–1.0) 0.9 (0.9–1.0) Reference 0.09
 Model 1 0.9 (0.9–1.0) 0.9 (0.9–1.0) Reference 0.005
 Model 2 0.9 (0.8–0.9) 0.9 (0.8–0.9) Reference <0.0001
Milk intake, RR (95% CI)2 3213
 Unadjusted 1.0 (1.0–1.1) 1.0 (0.9–1.0) Reference 0.60
 Model 1 1.0 (0.9–1.0) 1.0 (0.9–1.0) Reference 0.52
 Model 2 0.9 (0.9–1.0) 0.9 (0.9–1.0) Reference 0.04

WIC, Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.

1

Model 1 is adjusted for maternal age, BMI, race/ethnicity, education, smoking during pregnancy, WIC participation, gestational hypertension, type of residence, and household income, as well as child's age in years, age at solid food introduction (midpoint), and any breastfeeding at 4 months. Model 2 is additionally adjusted for total beverage intake at the corresponding time point. The P value is from a model where the categorical variable of age at juice introduction was entered as a continuous covariate. Twenty imputed data sets were used; imputed covariates included maternal pre-pregnancy BMI (n = 11), smoking during pregnancy (n = 2), WIC participation (n = 69), type of residence (n = 191), household income (n = 2079), child breastfeeding (n = 981), and timing of solid food introduction (n = 343).

2

Values are RRs from a Poisson regression model where the amount of beverage consumed daily was the outcome.

3

Values are ORs from a logistic regression model where the any consumption of soda at 24, 30, and 36 months and 7 years was the dichotomous outcome.