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Table 3 Non-nutritive sweeteners intakes among low-medium income pre-schoolers from the Food and Environment Chilean Cohort, by sex

From: Consumption of non-nutritive sweeteners by pre-schoolers of the food and environment Chilean cohort (FECHIC) before the implementation of the Chilean food labelling and advertising law

   Non-nutritive sweeteners consumers   
Total Girls Boys P-value
n Median (IQR) Mean (SD) n Median (IQR) Mean (SD) n Median (IQR) Mean (SD)
Sodium Cyclamate 9 1.6 (1.3–2.6) 2.0 (1.1) 5 1.3 (0.8–1.3) 1.6 (1.3) 4 2.4 (1.9–3.0) 2.4 (0.8) 0.142
Saccharin 12 0.7 (0.3–1.2) 0.8 (0.5) 6 0.3 (0.2–0.8) 0.5 (0.4) 6 1.0 (0.6–1.3) 1.0 (0.4) 0.078
Aspartame 241 2.5 (1.4–3.7) 3.1 (2.6) 115 2.4 (1.4–3.4) 2.8 (2.0) 126 2.8 (1.4–4.2) 3.4 (3.0) 0.260
Acesulfame Potassium 268 0.9 (0.6–1.8) 1.4 (1.4) 126 0.9 (0.5–1.7) 1.2 (1.1) 142 1.0 (0.6–1.9) 1.5 (1.6) 0.277
Sucralose 520 0.9 (0.4–1.5) 1.1 (1.0) 248 0.9 (0.4–1.6) 1.1 (1.0) 272 0.8 (0.5–1.5) 1.1 (1.0) 0.747
Steviol glycosides 216 1.2 (0.2–2.1) 1.5 (1.9) 109 1.2 (0.2–2.1) 1.6 (2.3) 107 1.2 (0.3–2.0) 1.5 (1.5) 0.910
  1. Non-nutritive sweeteners intakes are expressed in mg/kg of body weight per consumer.
  2. Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney tests were used to compare NNS consumption by sex. P-value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.
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