Correlation but no association of sugar sweetened beverage consumption with systolic and diastolic blood pressure among Mexican adolescents.

Results: A higher prevalence of hypertension was observed in men than women (13.9vs11.7%; p< 0.05) with a mean systolic blood pressure higher in boys compared with girls (103.1±11.4 vs 99.8± 10.5 mmHg; p<0.05). A consumption of 5±5.8 servings a day (s/d) of SSB was reported. Soft drinks and juices were consumed in average of 2.39±4.5 and 1.29 ± 2.3 s/d, respectively. No differences between soft drinks or juice were reported according to the presence of systolic/diastolic hypertension and normal blood pressure (2.91±5.4 vs 2.24±4.2; 1.36±1.67 vs 1.27±2.43 s/d, respectively; p>0.05). A high correlation between soft drinks and juices consumption and systolic blood pressure (r=0.985 p < 0.001; r=0.987; p < 0.001, respectively). Also, the correlations for diastolic blood pressure and soft drinks and juices intake were r=0.987 and r=0.613, both with a p<0.001. Also, a lower consumption of sodium was observed in children with systolic hypertension (2046.3±1581.8 vs 1510.1±1294.7; p=0.05 for systolic) and no differences were observed for children with diastolic hypertension.