Assessment of sugar-sweetened beverage consumption and weight change: a prospective cohort study

BMC Nutrition

Table 1 Description of the participants to the test periods of 2002 and 2012

	2002				2012				P for men	P for women
	men (n = 367)		women (n = 195)		men (n = 367)		women (n = 195)
	mean	SD	mean	SD	mean	SD	mean	SD
Age	46.9	8.4	45.3	8.4	57.4	10.2	55.8	8.4
BMI (kg/m²)	25.4	2.7	23.4	3.0	25.7	3.0	24.1	3.4	<0.001^a	<0.001^a
Weight (kg)	79.3	10.1	63.9	8.7	80.4	10.8	65.7	9.7	<0.001^a	<0.001^a
BMI difference (kg/m²)					0.3	1.6	0.6	1.7
Weight difference (kg)					1.0	5.2	1.8	4.8
Physical activity level^c	1.8	0.2	1.7	0.2	1.7	0.3	1.7	0.2	0.003^a	0.297^a
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
BMI below 25.0 kg/m²	173	47.1	136	69.7	157	42.8	131	67.2	<0.001^b	<0.001^b
BMI between 25.0 and 29.9 kg/m²	177	48.2	50	25.6	178	48.5	53	27.2
BMI more than 30.0 kg/m²	17	4.6	9	4.6	32	8.7	11	5.6
Weight decrease					118	32.2	49	25.1
Weight stable					73	19.9	41	21.0
Weight increase					176	48.0	105	53.8
Current smoking	49	13.4	26	13.3	32	8.7	16	8.2	<0.001^b	<0.001^b

BMI body mass index, SD standard deviation; BMI, and weight difference = measure_2012 - measure_2002; Physical activity level was estimated using the Flemish Physical Activity Questionnaire
^a P-value according to paired t-test
^b P-value according to chi-square test
^cPhysical activity level was estimated using the Flemish Physical Activity Questionnaire [9]

ISSN: 2055-0928