Table 4.
Odds ratios of bladder cancer for drinking of maté, coffee, tea, by smoking status
Category | Never smokers | Ever smokers | ||||
Maté drinking (liters/day × years) | ||||||
Category | Cases/Controls | OR | 95% CI | Cases/Controls | OR | 95% CI |
Never drinkers | 10/30 | 1.0 | 8/41 | 1.0 | ||
1–47 | 12/48 | 0.95 | 0.32–2.86 | 54/108 | 2.51 | 1.06–5.95 |
48–69 | 16/38 | 1.35 | 0.46–3.95 | 61/109 | 2.97 | 1.25–7.03 |
70+ | 10/20 | 2.31 | 0.65–8.23 | 84/107 | 4.30 | 1.82–10.1 |
p-value for trend | 0.2 | <0.01 | ||||
Coffee drinking (total coffee, cups/week) | ||||||
Category | Cases/Controls | OR | 95% CI | Cases/Controls | OR | 95% CI |
Never drinkers | 26/91 | 1.0 | 109/241 | 1.0 | ||
1–6 | 17/36 | 2.22 | 0.97–5.12 | 67/97 | 1.33 | 0.88–2.00 |
7+ | 5/9 | 2.02 | 0.54–7.54 | 31/27 | 2.04 | 1.12–3.72 |
p-value for trend | 0.08 | 0.01 | ||||
Tea drinking (total tea, cups/week) | ||||||
Category | Cases/Controls | OR | 95% CI | Cases/Controls | OR | 95% CI |
Never drinkers | 34/111 | 1.0 | 146/308 | 1.0 | ||
1–6 | 11/20 | 2.22 | 0.84–5.83 | 48/52 | 1.91 | 1.20–3.04 |
7+ | 3/5 | 1.52 | 0.27–8.59 | 13/5 | 5.90 | 1.97–17.6 |
p-value for trend | 0.2 | <0.01 |
OR, odds ratio adjusted for age, sex, residence, urban/rural status, education, family history of bladder cancer among first-degree relatives, body mass index, occupation, soft drink intake, and milk intake, and, when appropriate, maté drinking, coffee drinking, and tea drinking
CI, confidence interval.