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

Table 5 Associations between sweetened beverage consumption and BMI Z-score

		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)
Sugar sweetened beverages
Sugar sweetened beverage consumption at age 11^a	At least once a week	0.04 (0.00; 0.10)	0.04 (0.00; 0.09)	0.08 (0.04; 0.12)	0.07 (0.02; 0.11)
Sugar sweetened beverage consumption at age 11^a	At least daily	0.05 (0.00; 0.11)	0.04 (−0.02; 010)	0.11 (0.07; 0.14)	0.08 (0.04; 0.12)
Artificially sweetened beverages
Artificially sweetened beverage consumption at age 11^b	At least once a week	0.23 (0.16; 0.29)	0.17 (0.10; 0.24)	0.05 (0.01; 0.10)	0.04 (−0.01; 0.10)
Artificially sweetened beverage consumption at age 11^b	At least daily	0.25 (0.19; 0.30)	0.19 (0.12; 0.25)	0.05 (0.01; 0.09)	0.04 (0.01; 0.08)

^aReference group children consuming sugar sweetened beverages less than once a week/never
^bReference group children consuming artificially sweetened beverages less than once a week/never
Weekly consumption = 1–6 days a week, Daily consumption = once a day/ more than once a day
CI – Confidence intervals. Adjusted models adjusted for: 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 and mode of transport to school, being on a controlled diet at age 7, snacking at age 7, and height squared. Models of change in adiposity adjusted for adiposity at age 7

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