Sugar and artificially sweetened beverage consumption and adiposity changes: National longitudinal study

Table 3 Associations between sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption and adiposity measures

		Unadjusted coefficient at age 11 (95 % CI)	Adjusted coefficient at age 11 (95 % CI)	Unadjusted coefficient age 7–11 (95 % CI)	Adjusted coefficient age 7–11 (95 % CI)
Body Mass Index
N		12,368	10,443	11,318	10,283
SSB consumption^a	Weekly	0.12 (−0.03; 0.28)	0.12 (−0.03; 0.26)	0.24 (0.14; 0.34)	0.20 (0.10; 0.31)
SSB consumption^a	Daily	0.15 (−0.03; 0.32)	0.13 (−0.04; 0.30)	0.29 (0.19; 0.40)	0.22 (0.11; 0.34)
Percentage body fat
N		12,370	10,231	10,844	9851
SSB consumption^a	Weekly	0.38 (0.03; 0.74)	0.37 (0.05; 0.70)	0.49 (0.25; 0.73)	0.45 (0.21; 0.69)
SSB consumption^a	Daily	0.52 (0.15; 0.89)	0.54 (0.17; 0.92)	0.61 (0.35; 0.86)	0.57 (0.30; 0.83)

^aReference group children consuming sugar sweetened beverages less than once a week/never
Weekly consumption = 1–6 days a week, Daily consumption = once a day or more than once a day
CI – Confidence intervals. Models adjusted for: age (in months), sex, ethnic group, equivalised income, mother’s highest educational qualification, country, portions of fruit consumer per day, breakfast consumption, days per week of sport/exercise, hours spent watching TV per weekday, mode of transport to school, being on a controlled diet at age 7 and snacking at age 7. Models of change in adiposity adjusted for adiposity at age 7

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