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

Kono 1988

Methods Case‐control study, Hospital and population‐based in Japan
Participants 139 cases, 2,852 controls
Interventions N/A
Outcomes Association of green tea consumption and risk of cancer
matched for age and sex
Adjusted for age, gender and occupational class
Cancer type & time of follow‐up Gastric cancer
Sponsor Grant‐in‐Aid, Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, Japan
Notes Low green tea consumption: RR = 1.00 Intermediate green tea consumption: RR = 1.2 High green tea consumption: RR = 0.4 (p< 0.05)
≥10 cups/day versus less comparison with hospital controls: RR = 0.5 (95% CI, 0.3 to 1.1) (p = 0.10) comparison with general population controls: RR = 0.3 (95% CI, 0.1 to 0.7) (p = 0.007)