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For teaspoons of added sugars, the model is:
E (Added sugars) = b0+ b1Kid + b2Teen + b15NFG15P15 + b16NFG16P16 + ... + b24NFG24P24
The estimates of the regression parameters are:
| Parameter | Mean | Probability of | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low: < 11 | High: ≥ 23 | ||
| Males | |||
| Intercept (b0) | 10.063610 | -0.159617 | -2.408912 |
| Age: Kid group (b1) | 0.644569 | -0.036967 | 0.048318 |
| Age: Teen group (b2) | 2.706909 | -0.529984 | 0.526435 |
| Frozen desserts (b15) | 2.313536 | -0.403704 | 0.378007 |
| Soda (b16) | 0.644058 | -0.102825 | 0.091871 |
| Sugar/honey in coffee/tea (b17) | 3.681715 | -0.602808 | 0.563884 |
| Fruitades/sports drinks (b18) | 0.495203 | -0.076618 | 0.068554 |
| Candy (b19) | 1.673119 | -0.267760 | 0.254405 |
| Doughnuts (b20) | 0.658999 | -0.120105 | 0.106515 |
| Cookies, cake, pie, brownies (b21) | 0.624016 | -0.033210 | 0.047812 |
| First tertile added sugars cereals (b22) | -9.586924 | 2.800736 | -3.080260 |
| Second tertile added sugars cereals (b23) | 0.405884 | -0.105032 | 0.114117 |
| Third tertile added sugars cereals (b24) | 0.769045 | -0.136463 | 0.131223 |
| Females | |||
| Intercept (b0) | 9.989890 | 0.151159 | -3.322518 |
| Age: Kid group (b1) | 1.155924 | -0.327268 | 0.364899 |
| Age: Teen group (b2) | 0.313295 | -0.140248 | 0.139650 |
| Frozen desserts (b15) | 1.058834 | -0.232835 | 0.259852 |
| Soda (b16) | 0.676036 | -0.138347 | 0.133796 |
| Sugar/honey in coffee/tea (b17) | 2.958761 | -0.690124 | 0.718442 |
| Fruitades/sports drinks (b18) | 0.453100 | -0.108308 | 0.108267 |
| Candy (b19) | 1.781276 | -0.335298 | 0.340044 |
| Doughnuts (b20) | -0.064991 | 0.025078 | -0.019972 |
| Cookies, cake, pie, brownies (b21) | 0.275522 | -0.054624 | 0.059917 |
| First tertile added sugars cereals (b22) | -13.976705 | 5.286609 | -6.001688 |
| Second tertile added sugars cereals (b23) | 0.782372 | -0.199817 | 0.200273 |
| Third tertile added sugars cereals (b24) | 0.865238 | -0.173287 | 0.191559 |
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