Intake of non-nutritive sweeteners is associated with an unhealthy lifestyle: a cross-sectional study in subjects with morbid obesity

Table 4 Associations between the intake of NNS and intake of energy, energy-yielding nutrients, vitamins and salt

Diet	NNS Total		NNS Carbonated		NNS Non-carb		NNS Sweeteners
Diet	rho	p-value	rho	p-value	rho	p-value	rho	p-value
Total energy (kcal)	0.138	0.003	0.235	0.004	- 0.101	0.0329	0.014	0.080
Protein (g)	0.081	0.106	0.198	0.012	- 0.066	0.551	- 0.007	0.028
Fat (g)	0.172	0.013	0.273	0.005	- 0.053	0.043	0.083	0.094
Carbohydrates (g)	0.145	0.002	0.221	0.014	- 0.097	0.031	- 0.048	0.031
Sugar (g)	0.204	0.003	0.257	0.003	- 0.037	0.091	- 0.111	0.012
Vitamin A (μg)	- 0.242	0.001	- 0.092	0.077	- 0.185	0.014	- 0.016	0.659
Vitamin B1 (mg)	- 0.076	0.062	- 0.017	0.121	- 0.171	0.088	0.025	0.595
Vitamin B2 (mg)	- 0.092	0.060	- 0.016	0.088	- 0.190	0.053	0.026	0.054
Vitamin B6 (mg)	- 0.033	0.238	- 0.005	0.111	- 0.091	0.558	0.060	0.611
Vitamin B12 (μg)	0.027	0.804	0.103	0.584	- 0.017	0.622	0.066	0.595
Folic acid (mg)	- 0.028	0.074	0.043	0.036	- 0.150	0.160	0.065	0.730
β-Carotene (μg)	- 0.154	0.091	- 0.084	0.145	- 0.175	0.033	0.107	0.428
Vitamin C (mg)	- 0.194	0.002	- 0.050	0.051	- 0.172	0.026	0.084	0.083
Vitamin D (μg)	- 0.198	0.016	- 0.146	0.033	- 0.217	0.079	- 0.052	0.069
Salt (g)	0.261	0.001	0.321	<0.001	0.051	0.001	0.070	0.028

NNS Non-Nutritive Sweeteneres
The correlations have been calculated with Spearmans’ rho, and the p-values with ordinal logistic fractional polynomial regression adjusted for gender, age and BMI

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