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

Goodman 2003.

Study characteristics
Methods PCC in USA
Participants Participants: 164 cases and 194 controls (all women)
Inclusion criteria: aged 18‐84 years, diagnosed with epithelial ovarian cancer. Controls Oahu residents from Hawai Health Survey Program and from women aged ≥ 65 years, in the Health Care Financing Administration on Oahu, Hawaii, USA
Recruitment: from 1 July 1993‐30 June 1999
Interventions N/A
Outcomes Number of cases
Ovarian cancer: 164 cases of epithelial ovarian cancer
Green tea in exposure categories Exposure assessment: drinking of green tea (yes/no)
Lowest exposure: no drinking
Highest exposure: drinking green tea further divided in:
Highest exposure 1: < 1 cup/week
Highest exposure 2: ≥ 1 cups/week
Notes Funding: by the Anneliese Lermann Fund for Cancer Research, US Public Health Service grants R01‐CA‐58598 and P30‐CA‐71789 and contracts N01‐CN‐55424 and N01‐PC‐67001 from the National Cancer Institute.
Statistical methods: unconditional logistic regression
Variables controlled in analysis: age, ethnicity, oral contraceptive pill use and tubal ligation.
Variables controlled by matching: ‐