Does sugar consumption attract bed bugs and/or increase bed bug fertility?

Bedbugs are attracted to carbon dioxide and sebum, the production of which may be affected by dietary sugar. Further, an external source of glucose is needed in bedbug reproduction. After adjusting for socioeconomic factors in a large representative sample we found an association between sugar-sweetened beverages and bedbug infestation (AOR 2.1, 95% confidence interval, 1.4, 3.0). These findings warrant further investigation of dietary sugars as a determinant of both bedbug prey selection and infestation rates through higher reproduction.