Table 4.

Associations between sweetened beverages with antral follicle count among 567 women in the EARTH Study.

Servings per day, range	n	Unadjusted	Adjusted mean (95% CI)
Servings per day, range	n	Unadjusted	Age and total energy	Multivariable¹

Sugar-sweetened beverages
Q1 (0, 0)	117	13.2 (12.6–13.9)	13.1 (12.5–13.8)	13.3 (12.4–14.2)
Q2 (0.02, 0.04)	206	14.1 (13.6–14.6)^*	14.2 (13.7–14.7)^*	14.2 (13.4–15.1)^*
Q3 (0.06, 0.10)	110	14.4 (13.7–15.1)^*	13.7 (13.0–14.4)	13.7 (12.9–14.6)
Q4 (0.12, 4.80)	134	14.3 (13.7–15.0)^*	13.6 (13.0–14.2)	13.5 (12.6–14.4)
P-trend		0.08	0.72	0.36
Artificially sweetened beverages
Q1 (0, 0)	166	13.3 (12.7–13.8)	13.3 (12.8–13.9)	13.4 (12.6–14.3)
Q2 (0.02, 0.04)	122	13.7 (13.0–14.3)	13.6 (13.0–14.3)	13.7 (12.8–14.6)
Q3 (0.06, 0.16)	148	15.3 (14.7–15.9)^*	14.6 (14.0–15.2)^*	14.5 (13.7–15.4)^*
Q4 (0.18, 7.50)	131	13.8 (13.2–14.5)	13.4 (12.8–14.0)	13.2 (12.4–14.1)
P-trend		0.85	0.43	0.13

Adjusted for age, body mass index, smoking status, race, physical activity, education, total energy intake, the remaining beverages and the dietary patterns without the specific beverages.

Sugar-sweetened beverages: includes sugar-sweetened cola beverages (e.g., Coke, Pepsi, and other colas with sugar), other carbonated sugar-sweetened beverages (e.g., 7-Up, Root Beer, Ginger Ale), and noncarbonated sugar-sweetened beverages (punch, lemonade, sports drinks, or sugared ice tea).

Artificially sweetened beverages: includes low-calorie beverages with caffeine (e.g., Diet Coke, Diet Mt. Dew) and other low-calorie beverage without caffeine (e.g., Diet 7-Up).

Q: quartiles.

P <0.05 for comparison of specific category vs category 1 (reference).