Sugary Soda Consumption and Albuminuria: Results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999–2004

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 3; no. 10; p. e3431
• Main Authors: Shoham, David A., Durazo-Arvizu, Ramon, Kramer, Holly, Luke, Amy, Vupputuri, Suma, Kshirsagar, Abhijit, Cooper, Richard S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 17.10.2008; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adult; Adults; Albumin; Albuminuria - epidemiology; Atherosclerosis; Beverages; Body mass; Body weight; Carbonated Beverages - toxicity; Cardiovascular disease; Confidence intervals; Corn; Creatinine; Cross-Sectional Studies; Data processing; Diabetes; Diabetes mellitus; Diet; Disease prevention; End-stage renal disease; Energy expenditure; Energy intake; Epidemiology; Female; Females; Fructose; Health surveys; Hispanic people; Humans; Hypertension; Kidney diseases; Kidney stones; Kidney transplantation; Kidneys; Lipid metabolism; Lipids; Male; Males; Metabolic rate; Metabolic syndrome; Middle age; Minority & ethnic groups; Mortality; Nephrology; Nephrology/Chronic Kidney Disease; Nutrition; Nutrition research; Nutrition Surveys; Obesity; Overweight; Population; Poverty; Preventive medicine; Public Health and Epidemiology; Public Health and Epidemiology/Epidemiology; Public Health and Epidemiology/Social and Behavioral Determinants of Health; Race; Regression analysis; Rheumatism; Smoking; Soft drinks; Statistical analysis; Studies; Sugar; Surveys; Syrup; Trends; United States - epidemiology; Uric acid; United States; North Carolina; United States > US; Illinois

End-stage renal disease rates rose following widespread introduction of high fructose corn syrup in the American diet, supporting speculation that fructose harms the kidney. Sugar-sweetened soda is a primary source of fructose. We therefore hypothesized that sugary soda consumption was associated wi...