There is a controversy, around patients who regularly consume soda, are at risk of developing chronic kidney (CKD).The current meta-analysis evaluates the associations between the consumption of sugar sweetened beverage and artificially sweetened sodas with CKD. A systematic review was performed using MEDLINE, EMBASE, and the Cochrane database of systematic reviews, for literature published until 30 June 2014.
The studies selected for the meta-analysis had data on the risk ratios or hazard-ratios of the consumption of artificially or sugar sweetened sodas against the risk of CKD. In total 4 and 5 studies, were included to assess the risk ratios of sugar sweetened soda and artificially sweetened sodas respectively. The pooled risk ratios of CKD patients consuming sugar sweetened soda and artificially sweetened soda were 1.58 (95% CI 1.00-2.49) and 1.33 (95% CI 0.82-2.15) respectively. Thus, the study demonstrated that there are statistically significant risks of CKD in patients consuming sugar-sweetened vs artificially sweetened sodas. This finding suggested that sugar sweetened soda might affect the clinical management and primary risk prevention of CKD in high risk patients.
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