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Table 3 Crude Associations between beverages intake frequencies and coronary heart disease in adults, Ages 45–59 y – NHANES 2003–2006

From: Intake of high fructose corn syrup sweetened soft drinks, fruit drinks and apple juice is associated with prevalent coronary heart disease, in U.S. adults, ages 45–59 y

 

Logistic Regression

Coronary Heart Diseasea

Crude OR

95% CI

p-value

tEFFb (ndSoda, FD, AJ), n=1359

 apprx ≤3 times /mo

Reference -------

  

 apprx 1–4 times /wk

1.46

0.70–3.01

0.301

 5 times or more /wk.

2.61

1.11–6.11

0.029

n = 1359

Non-diet soft drinks, n=1359

 apprx ≤3 times /mo

Reference -------

  

 apprx 1–4 times /wk

0.88

0.40–1.94

0.747

 5 times or more /wk.

2.44

1.18–5.04

0.013

n = 1359

Diet soda, n=1273

 apprx ≤3 times /mo

Reference -------

  

 apprx 1–4 times /wk

0.55

0.22–1.36

0.188

 5 times or more /wk.

0.70

0.35–1.40

0.300

n = 1273

Diet fruit drinks, n=978

 apprx ≤3 times /mo

Reference -------

  

 apprx 1–4 times /wk

0.19

0.02–1.54

0.115

 5 times or more /wk.

0.91

0.26–3.20

0.882

n = 978

Orange juice, n=1359

 apprx ≤3 times /mo

Reference -------

  

 apprx 1–4 times /wk

0.46

0.20–1.03

0.060

 5 times or more /wk.

0.79

0.41–1.53

0.474

n = 1359

  1. aCoronary heart disease (CHD) is defined as self-reported current or history of doctor diagnosed CHD and/ or angina pectoris [36]. btEFF refers to total excess free fructose beverages intake which includes any combination of high excess free fructose beverages for the NHANES period of 2003–2006 [35, 36], including average daily intake of caffeinated and caffeine-free non-diet soft drinks (ndSoda); non-diet fruit drinks (FD); and naturally high excess free fructose apple juice (AJ) [35, 36]. In 2003–2006 [the NHANES study period], high fructose corn syrup was the main sweetener in US soft drinks [31]. Crude OR's were considered statistically significant if the 95% confidence intervals did not include 1 and p values were <0.05, as indicated by italics