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 |
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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) |