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. 2009 Jul 8;2009(3):CD005004. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD005004.pub2

Kikuchi 2006

Methods Case‐control study within a prospective cohort study in Japan
Participants 19,561 cohort participants
110 cases, sub‐cohort control
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
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