TABLE 3.

Association between SSB consumption and behavioral experiments among the two groups, and the comparison between the β of the two groups.

	Coefficient estimate (β, adjust model 3α)				Z δ	p ε
	ASD		TD
	β ASD (95% CI)	p β	β TD (95% CI)	p γ
Correct rate of Stroop
0 serving/week	Reference		Reference
>0–2 servings/week	−0.02 (−0.08, 0.05)	0.593	0.01 (−0.03, 0.04)	0.703	−0.83	0.405
>2 servings/week	0.00 (−0.08, 0.09)	0.954	0.02 (−0.03, 0.08)	0.426	−0.40	0.689
SI
0 serving/week	Reference		Reference
>0–2 servings/week	−13.11 (−282.12, 255.90)	0.924	−65.50 (−194.84, 63.83)	0.321	0.34	0.731
>2 servings/week	−148.01 (−502.67, 206.65)	0.413	−134.19 (−336.36, 67.99)	0.193	−0.07	0.947
WMI
0 serving/week	Reference		Reference
>0–2 servings/week	2.41 (−4.83, 9.65)	0.514	−1.06 (−3.74, 1.62)	0.439	0.88	0.378
>2 servings/week	−3.82 (−13.17, 5.53)	0.423	−1.41 (−5.65, 2.82)	0.513	−0.46	0.645

^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.