Caregiver-Reported Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption and Cavities in Children Aged 1 to 5 Years, National Survey of Children’s Health 2021–2022

Figure 1.
Inclusion criteria for final analytical sample in a study on the relationship between consumption of SSBs and cavities among US children aged 1 to 5 years. Data source: National Survey of Children's Health 2021-2022. Abbreviation: SSB, sugar-sweetened beverage.

This flowchart shows that 104,995 children had a survey completed in the National Survey of Children's Health. Of these, 68,910 were excluded because they were not aged 1 to 5 years, leaving 36,085 children aged 1 to 5 years with a completed survey. Of these, 12,901 children were excluded because they had not seen an oral health provider in the past 12 months, leaving 23,184 children who had seen an oral health provider in the past 12 months. Finally, 161 children were excluded because of missing data: 75 had missing data on cavities, and 86 had missing data on sugar-sweetened beverage consumption. The final analytic sample consisted of 23,023 children.

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Figure 2. Proportion of children aged 1 to 5 years who had a caregiver-reported cavity in the past 12 months, by consumption of SSBs in the past week (N = 23,023), National Survey of Children’s Health, 2021–2022. Abbreviation: SSB, sugar-sweetened beverage.