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. 2020 Mar 2;2020(3):CD005004. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD005004.pub3

Chyou 1993.

Study characteristics
Methods Cohort study in USA
Participants Participants: 7991 male participants out of 8006 recruited
Inclusion criteria: American men of Japanese ancestry, born from 1990‐1919 and residing on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, Hawaii, USA
Parent cohort: Honolulu Hearth Program
Recruitment: from 1965‐1968
Interventions N/A
Outcomes Number of cases
Outcome assessment: May 1991
Urinary tract cancer: 96 cases, including urinary bladder (N = 83), pelvis (N = 8) and ureter (N = 5)
Green tea in exposure categories Exposure assessment: green tea intake
Lowest exposure: almost never
Highest exposure: not specified, probably merging 4 categories: < 2 times/week, 2‐4 times/week, almost daily, ≥ 1 time/d
Notes Funding: grants provided by National Cancer Institute (R01 CA33644)
Statistical methods: proportional hazard regression
Variables controlled in analysis: age and smoking
Variables controlled by matching: ‐