Kikuchi 2006
Methods | Case‐control study within a prospective cohort study in Japan | |
Participants | 19,561 cohort participants 110 cases, sub‐cohort control |
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Interventions | N/A | |
Outcomes | Incidence Adjusted for age, BMI, alcohol, smoking, marital status, daily calorie intake (continuous), daily calcium intake, walking duration, consumption frequencies of black tea and coffee and consumption frequencies of meat |
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Cancer type & time of follow‐up | Prostate cancer (7 years follow‐up) | |
Sponsor | A grant‐in‐aid of Third Term Comprehensive Control Research for Cancer from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan. | |
Notes | Green tea consumption (cups per day): <1 HR = 1.00 1 or 2 cups/day HR = 0.77 (95% CI, 0.42 to 1.40) 3 or 4 cups/day HR = 0.24 (95% CI, 0.69 to 1.94) ≥ 5 cups/day HR = 0.85 (95% CI, 0.50 to 1.43) p = 0.81 |