Cardiometabolic & kidneyCohort study
Consumption of foods and beverages rich in added sugar associated with incident metabolic syndrome: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study
- Prospective cohort study
Authors' conclusion
Our study findings are consistent with an elevated risk of developing MetS with greater consumption of AS, AS-rich CHO foods, and SSBs
Study context
- Population
- Black American and White American women and men aged 18–30 years at baseline (CARDIA)
- Participants
- 3,154 participants
- Exposure
- Greatest intake vs Lowest intake
- Outcome
- Incident metabolic syndrome
- Follow-up
- 30 years
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Added sugar (AS)-rich carbohydrate foods and beverages, highest vs lowest intake: higher risk
59% (Ptrend < 0.001)
Added sugar, highest vs lowest intake: higher risk
44% (Ptrend = 0.01)
Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), highest vs lowest intake: higher risk
34% (Ptrend = 0.03)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Diet quality across increasing intake quintiles
- Diet quality lower across increasing quintiles of AS-rich carbohydrate foods and beverages, AS and SSBs
- all Ptrend < 0.001
Original publication
Consumption of foods and beverages rich in added sugar associated with incident metabolic syndrome: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study. Eur J Prev Cardiol. Published 3 January 2024. doi:10.1093/eurjpc/zwad409
Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it