The Oslo Health Study: A Dietary Index Estimating Frequent Intake of Soft Drinks and Rare Intake of Fruit and Vegetables Is Negatively Associated with Bone Mineral Density

Table 2

Association between single items of foods/beverages possibly influencing the acid load and distal forearm bone mineral density, adjusted for possible confounding variables. Linear regression.

	Adjusted for covariates^a,b		Adjusted for all the other food items listed and the covariates^a
	B (SE)	P	B (SE)	P
Colas^c	−0.003 (0.001)	.012	−0.002 (0.001)	.067
Non-cola soft drinks^c	−0.004 (0.002)	.026	−0.003 (0.002)	.128
Fruit/berries^d	0.001 (0.001)	.216	0.000 (0.001)	.812
Cooked vegetables^d	0.000 (0.001)	.933	−0.001 (0.001)	.670
Raw vegetables^d	0.002 (0.001)	.046	0.002 (0.001)	.174
Fruit juice^d	0.001 (0.001)	.315	0.001 (0.001)	.386

^aGender, age, weight, height, years at school, smoking, frequency of alcohol intake, and leisure time physical activity.
^bPerformed with one by one of the items of food/beverages as main independent
^cFive intake frequency estimates (see Section 2)
^dSix intake frequency estimates (see Section 2).
Unstandardized (B) regression coefficients are shown.