Table 2 Observed mean frequency for consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and artificially sweetened beverages (times/week) at all time points

Sugar-sweetened beverages

2.8

2.4

1.2

2.1

  High

2.5

2.1

0.9

1.8

  Low

2.9

2.7

1.3

2.3

  p-value

0.090

0.005

0.011

< 0.001

  High

2.4

2.1

1.0

1.8

  Low

3.1

2.9

1.5

2.5

  p-value

0.009

0.001

0.010

< 0.001

  High

2.6

2.2

0.9

1.9

  Low

3.2

3.0

1.9

2.7

  p-value

0.009

0.005

< 0.001

< 0.001

  High

2.6

2.3

1.0

1.9

  Low

2.9

2.4

1.2

2.2

  p-value

0.276

0.978

0.183

0.243

  High

2.8

2.4

1.0

2.1

  Low

2.8

2.5

1.5

2.3

p-value

0.772

0.926

0.012

0.135

Artificially sweetened beverages

1.2

1.2

1.6

1.3

  High

1.0

1.0

1.4

1.3

  Low

1.2

1.3

1.8

1.9

  p-value

0.088

0.161

0.162

0.519

  High

1.0

1.1

1.5

1.2

  Low

1.3

1.4

1.7

1.5

  p-value

0.103

0.216

0.305

0.028

  High

1.2

1.2

1.5

1.3

  Low

1.1

1.2

1.6

1.3

  p-value

0.800

0.879

0.658

0.788

  High

1.0

1.3

1.5

1.3

  Low

1.2

1.1

1.6

1.3

  p-value

0.340

0.513

0.683

0.696

  High

1.3

1.4

1.6

1.4

  Low

1.1

1.0

1.5

1.2

  p-value

0.525

0.058

0.688

0.109