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

Table 7 Associations between weekly sugar-sweetened beverage consumption and adiposity measures

	Unadjusted coefficient for adiposity at age 11 (95 % CI)	Adjusted coefficient for adiposity at age 11 (95 % CI)	Unadjusted coefficient for change in adiposity between 7 and 11 (95 % CI)	Adjusted coefficient for change in adiposity between 7 and 11 (95 % CI)
Category (% of sample)	Body Mass Index
Neither (16.4 %)	ref	ref	ref	ref
ASB but not SSB (22.8 %)	0.91 (0.70; 1.12)	0.72 (0.50; 0.95)	0.20 (0.06; 0.34)	0.13 (−0.01; 0.26)
SSB but not ASB (20.0 %)	0.24 (0.02; 0.46)	0.17 (−0.05; 0.39)	0.28 (0.13; 0.42)	0.20 (0.06; 0.34)
Both (40.8 %)	0.86 (0.69; 1.04)	0.65 (0.45; 0.86)	0.44 (0.31; 0.56)	0.33 (0.19; 0.47)
Category (% of sample)	Percentage body fat
Neither (16.8 %)	ref	ref	ref	ref
ASB but not SSB (23.5 %)	1.60 (1.10; 2.11)	1.39 (0.86; 1.92)	0.25 (−0.10; 0.61)	0.22 (−0.13; 0.60)
SSB but not ASB (19.0 %)	0.57 (0.07; 1.08)	0.54 (0.05; 1.05)	0.46 (0.10; 0.82)	0.47 (0.10; 0.84)
Both (40.7 %)	1.78 (1.38; 2.19)	1.49 (1.05; 1.94)	0.82 (0.51; 1.12)	0.73 (0.41; 1.05)

Weekly consumption = at least one day per week
ASB – artificially sweetened beverages, SSB – sugar sweetened beverages, CI – Confidence intervals
Adjusted 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 and 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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