Table 2. Cox Proportional Hazard Ratios (HRs) for mortality from all-cause, cardiovascular disease and cancer by green tea consumption in Chinese adult men.

		Amount drunk (in grams) of green tea			P for trend
Mortality outcomes	non-drinker	≤5	5-10	>10
No. of person-years	1611535	97974.48	143095.7	109185.5
All-cause
No. of deaths	26912	1453	2458	1877
Age adjusted HR (95% CI)	1.00	0.87(0.82,0.91)	0.97(0.93,1.01)	0.94(0.90,0.98)	0.0008
Multivariate HR (95% CI)#	1.00	0.94(0.89,0.99)	0.95(0.91,0.99)	0.89(0.85,0.93)	<.0001
Cardiovascular disease
No. of deaths	9873	513	825	628
Age adjusted HR (95% CI)	1.00	0.83(0.76,0.91)	0.88(0.82,0.95)	0.85(0.78,0.92)	<.0001
Multivariate HR (95% CI)#	1.00	0.93(0.85,1.01)	0.91(0.85,0.98)	0.86(0.79,0.93)	<.0001
Cancer
No. of deaths	5904	291	477	330
Age adjusted HR (95% CI)	1.00	0.80(0.71,0.89)	0.87(0.80,0.96)	0.76(0.68,0.85)	<.0001
Multivariate HR (95% CI)#	1.00	0.86(0.78,0.98)	0.92(0.83,1.00)	0.79(0.71,0.88)	<.0001

Abbreviation: CI, confidence interval.

^#The multivariate HR has been adjusted for age(continuous), BMI (<18.5, 18.5-24.9, 25.0-29.9, ≥30.0), marital status (yes or no), urban locality (yes or no), education <6 years (yes or no), job status(employed or unemployed), smoking status (never, current or former), alcohol drinking(non-regular, moderate or heavy), times of weekly fish consumption (none, 1-3 times, 4-7 times, or ≥8 times), times of weekly meat consumption (none, 1-3 times, 4-7 times, or ≥8 times), times of weekly poultry consumption (none, 1-3 times, 4-7 times, or ≥8 times), times of weekly egg consumption (none, 1-3 times, 4-7 times, or ≥8 times), times of weekly milk consumption (none, 1-3 times, 4-7 times, or ≥8 times), black tea drinker (yes or no), jasmine tea drinker (yes or no) and other tea drinker (yes or no).