Association between sucrose intake and risk of overweight and obesity in a prospective sub-cohort of EPIC-Norfolk

Kuhnle, G. G. C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8081-8931, Tasevska, N., Lentjes, M. A. H., Griffin, J. L., Sims, M. A., Richardson, L., Aspinall, S. M., Mulligan, A. A., Luben, R. N. and Khaw, K.-T. (2015) Association between sucrose intake and risk of overweight and obesity in a prospective sub-cohort of EPIC-Norfolk. Public Health Nutrition, 18 (15). pp. 2815-2824. ISSN 1368-9800 doi: 10.1017/S1368980015000300

Abstract/Summary

Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate associations between sugar intake and overweight using dietary biomarkers in the Norfolk cohort of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC-Norfolk). Design: Prospective cohort study Setting: European Prospective Investigation into Cancer in Norfolk (EPIC-Norfolk) in the UK, recruitment between 1993 and 1997. Subjects: 1734 participants (39 – 77 years). Sucrose intake was assessed using 7-day diaries. Baseline spot urine samples were analysed for sucrose by GC-MS. Sucrose concentration adjusted by specific gravity was used as biomarker for intake. Regression analyses were used to investigate associations between sucrose intake and risk of BMI > 25 kg/m2 after three years of follow-up. Results: After three years of follow-up, mean BMI was 26.8 kg/m2. Self-reported sucrose intake was significantly positively associated with biomarker. Associations between biomarker and BMI were positive (β=0.25; 95% CI: 0.08; 0.43), while they were inverse when using self-reported dietary data (β=-1.40; 95% CI: -1.81; -0.99). Age- and sex-adjusted OR for BMI > 25 kg/m2 in participants in the fifth vs. first quintile was 1.54 (95% CI: 1.12; 2.12; pTrend=0.003,) when using biomarker and 0.56 (95% CI: 0.40; 0.77; pTrend<0.001) with self-reported dietary data. Conclusions: Our results suggest that sucrose measured by objective biomarker but not self-reported sucrose intake is positively associated with body mass index. Future studies should consider use of objective biomarkers of sucrose intake.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/39070
Identification Number/DOI	10.1017/S1368980015000300
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Life Sciences > School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy > Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences > Human Nutrition Research Group
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
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