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. 2016 Jan 15;20(10):1002–1009. doi: 10.1007/s12603-016-0687-0

Table 3.

Risk of neurocognitive disorder according to tea consumption status at baseline

Tea consumption No. (%) OR (95% CI)
Total Neurocognitive disorder Unadjusted Adjusted
No 297 33 (11.1) 1 [reference] 1 [reference]
Yes 660 39 (5.9) 0.50 (0.31 – 0.82) 0.50 (0.28 – 0.87)
Level of tea intake
Low 176 15 (8.5) 0.75 (0.39 – 1.42) 0.65 (0.31 – 1.36)
Medium 261 12 (4.6) 0.39 (0.19 – 0.76) 0.36 (0.16 – 0.78)
High 223 12 (5.4) 0.46 (0.23 – 0.90) 0.54 (0.25 – 1.20)
Type of tea
Black/Oolong tea Green tea1 390 26 (6.7) 0.57 (0.33 – 0.98) 0.53 (0.29 – 0.98)
Green Tea 270 13 (4.8) 0.41 (0.21 – 0.78) 0.43 (0.20 – 0.95)

For level of tea intake: unadjusted model, P for linear trend=0.004; Adjusted model, P for linear trend=0.025; Odds Ratios and 95% confdence intervals were calculated using multiple logistic regression; Variables that were adjusted for in the model are: age, gender, education, smoking, Alcohol consumption, BMI (continuous), Hypertension, Diabetes, Heart disease, Stroke, Depression (GDS ≥5), APOE ɛ4, Physical activities, social and productive activities, vegetables and fruits consumption, fsh consumption, coffee consumption.