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. 2007 Nov 30;12(3):191–198. doi: 10.2188/jea.12.191

Table 4. Multivariate hazard ratios* of death from total cancer and apoplexy according to coffee and green tea consumption for men.

Consumption
 category
 (cups/day)
Total cancer Apoplexy


No. of
cases
Multivariate
hazard ratios
(95%CI)
No. of
cases
Multivariate
hazard ratios
(95%CI)
Coffee
 <0.5 24 1 22 1
 0.5-1 19 0.91 (0.50-1.68) 11 0.70 (0.34-1.47)
 >=2 18 0.91 (0.48-1.72) 5 0.32 (0.12-0.87)
 Trend P  0.76  0.022
 
Green tea
 <0.5 22 1 13 1
 0.5-3 21 0.93 (0.51-1.70) 15 0.96 (0.45-2.04)
 >=4 18 0.92 (0.49-1.73) 10 0.60 (0.26-1.38)
 Trend P  0.80  0.20

* Coffee and green tea consumption, age (in years), history of selected diseases, educational status (age at final graduation <18 or >=18 years old), and smoking status (never smoked or other status) were included in the Cox model as covariates.

CI= confidence interval