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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Mov Disord. 2012 Aug 27;27(10):1276–1282. doi: 10.1002/mds.25076

Table 2.

Relative Risks (95% confidence intervals) of Parkinson Disease According to Amount of Caffeinated Coffee, Decaffeinated Coffee and Tea at Baseline

Caffeinated Coffee
Cases PY RR *Crude RR** p-
trend
Men
Never 67 83259 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref)
<=1/week 43 62782 0.87 (0.59, 1.28) 0.82 (0.55, 1.21)
2–6/week 20 36440 0.70 (0.42, 1.16) 0.65 (0.39, 1.07)
1/day 21 45580 0.55 (0.33, 0.90) 0.50 (0.30, 0.84)
2+/day 46 104796 0.56 (0.38, 0.82) 0.54 (0.37, 0.80) 0.0004
Women
Never 44 147403 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref)
<=1/week 24 79007 1.03 (0.62, 1.69) 1.00 (0.61, 1.65)
2–6/week 11 39177 0.94 (0.48, 1.82) 0.91 (0.47, 1.77
1/day 16 70275 0.76 (0.43, 1.34) 0.73 (0.41, 1.31)
2+/day 25 118640 0.70 (0.43, 1.14) 0.69 (0.42, 1.15) 0.09

Decaffeinated Coffee
Men
Never 68 110633 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref)
<=1/week 51 92652 0.87 (0.60, 1.25 0.81 (0.56, 1.17)
2–6/week 26 41458 1.02 (0.65, 1.61 0.94 (0.60, 1.49)
1/day 23 36044 1.01 (0.63, 1.63) 0.95 (0.59, 1.54)
2+/day 26 51160 0.83 (0.53, 1.31) 0.81 (0.51, 1.27) 0.68
Women
Never 32 143680 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref)
<=1/week 37 135455 1.26 (0.78, 2.03) 1.21 (0.75, 1.95)
2–6/week 18 57024 1.41 (0.79, 2.52) 1.34 (0.75, 2.40)
1/day 22 55212 1.78 (1.03, 3.08) 1.71 (0.99, 2.96
2+/day 11 62138 0.81 (0.41, 1.61) 0.80 (0.40, 1.59) 0.58

Tea
Men
Never 74 123254 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref)
<=1/week 89 140803 1.08 (0.79, 1.47) 1.03 (0.75, 1.40)
2–6/week 19 35469 0.90 (0.54, 1.50) 0.85 (0.51, 1.41)
1+/day 15 31916 0.74 (0.42, 1.31) 0.72 (0.40, 1.27) 0.19
Women
Never 37 127958 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref)
<=1/week 53 205842 0.89 (0.59, 1.36) 0.87 (0.57, 1.33)
2–6/week 17 59973 0.91 (0.51, 1.63) 0.87 (0.49, 1.56)
1+/day 13 58036 0.77 (0.41, 1.44) 0.75 (0.40, 1.41) 0.43
*

Crude: adjusted for age

**

adjusted for age, smoking (pack years in 1992 and yes/no in 1999), and alcohol intake (1999)