TABLE 2.

Association between SSB consumption and scores of BRIEF among the two groups, and the comparison between the coefficient estimate (β) of the two groups.

	Coefficient estimate (β, adjust model 3α)				Z δ	p ε
	ASD		TD
	βASD (95% CI)	p β	βTD (95% CI)	p γ
Inhibit
0 serving/week	Reference		Reference
>0–2 servings/week	−0.53 (−6.34, 5.27)	0.857	−0.71 (−3.41, 1.98)	0.604	0.06	0.956
>2 servings/week	3.83 (−2.58, 11.24)	0.311	−3.37 (−7.63, 0.89)	0.121	1.65	0.099
Shift
0 serving/week	Reference		Reference
>0–2 servings/week	0.46 (−4.55, 5.46)	0.858	−1.32 (−3.79, 1.15)	0.295	0.62	0.533
>2 servings/week	4.43 (−1.97, 10.82)	0.175	−2.83 (−6.74, 1.07)	0.155	1.90	0.057
Emotional control
0 serving/week	Reference		Reference
>0–2 servings/week	0.91 (−3.99, 5.82)	0.715	−1.00 (−3.49, 1.49)	0.431	0.68	0.496
>2 servings/week	7.20 (0.94, 13.46)	0.024*	−3.09 (−7.03, 0.84)	0.123	2.72	0.006**
Initiate
0 serving/week	Reference		Reference
>0–2 servings/week	−0.28 (−5.33, 4.78)	0.915	−0.00 (−2.85, 2.85)	0.999	−0.71	0.480
>2 servings/week	−0.27 (−6.72, 6.18)	0.935	3.04 (−1.46, 7.54)	0.185	−1.16	0.245
Working memory
0 serving/week	Reference		Reference
>0–2 servings/week	0.03 (−4.53, 4.58)	0.991	0.90 (−1.83, 3.62)	0.520	−0.32	0.748
>2 servings/week	3.62 (−2.19, 9.44)	0.222	−0.41 (−4.71, 3.89)	0.852	1.09	0.276
Plan/organize
0 serving/week	Reference		Reference
>0–2 servings/week	1.46 (−3.37, 6.30)	0.553	1.19 (−1.77, 4.16)	0.431	0.09	0.926
>2 servings/week	6.45 (0.27, 12.63)	0.041*	2.37 (−2.31, 7.06)	0.321	1.03	0.302
Organization
0 serving/week	Reference		Reference
>0–2 servings/week	−1.25 (−5.15, 2.65)	0.530	1.05 (−1.68, 3.77)	0.452	−0.95	0.343
>2 servings/week	0.88 (−4.10, 5.87)	0.728	−0.09 (−4.39, 4.21)	0.967	0.29	0.772
Monitor
0 serving/week	Reference		Reference
>0–2 servings/week	0.77 (−4.25, 5.79)	0.764	−0.73 (−3.66, 2.21)	0.628	0.51	0.613
>2 servings/week	2.56 (−3.85, 8.97)	0.434	−2.92 (−7.55, 1.71)	0.216	1.35	0.174
BRI
0 serving/week	Reference		Reference
>0–2 servings/week	0.28 (−4.63, 5.19)	0.911	−1.00 (−3.34, 1.34)	0.401	0.46	0.644
>2 servings/week	6.04 (−0.22, 12.31)	0.059	−3.53 (−7.22, 0.16)	0.061	2.58	0.010*
MI
0 serving/week	Reference		Reference
>0–2 servings/week	0.25 (−4.12, 4.61)	0.912	0.63 (−2.13, 3.40)	0.653	−0.14	0.885
>2 servings/week	3.50 (−2.06, 9.07)	0.218	0.64 (−3.73, 5.00)	0.775	0.79	0.438
GEC
0 serving/week	Reference		Reference
>0–2 servings/week	0.35 (−3.97, 4.66)	0.875	0.02 (−2.54, 2.58)	0.989	0.13	0.897
>2 servings/week	4.85 (−0.66, 10.35)	0.084	−0.86 (−4.86, 3.33)	0.691	1.64	0.101

^αAdjusted for age, sex, maternal education, paternal education, family income, screen time category, physical activity category, BMI category water, and IQ.

^βp-Value of the correlation between SSB consumption and BRIEF in autistic children.

^γp-Value of the correlation between SSB consumption and BRIEF in TD children.

${}^{\mathrm{\delta }}Z={\displaystyle \frac{{\mathrm{\beta }}_{ASD}-{\mathrm{\beta }}_{TD}}{\sqrt{se{({\mathrm{\beta }}_{ASD})}^2+se{({\mathrm{\beta }}_{ASD})}^2}}}$.

^εP value of the comparison between the β_ASD and β_TD.

*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01.