Hakim 2000.
Study characteristics | ||
Methods | PCC in USA | |
Participants | Participants: 234 (male/female: 138/96) cases and 216 (male/female: 125/91) controls
Inclusion criteria: aged ≥ 30 years, histopathologically confirmed squamous cell carcinoma of the skin diagnosed within 4 months before the 1st interview and had no prior history of a skin cancer, non‐Hispanic and Hispanic white cases' ethnicity from Southeastern Arizona Skin Cancer Study, Arizona, USA. Recruitment: from January 1993‐December 1996 |
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Interventions | N/A | |
Outcomes | Number of cases Skin cancer: 234 (138/96) cases of squamous cell carcinoma |
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Green tea in exposure categories | Exposure assessment: intake of hot green tea Lowest exposure: nondrinker Highest exposure: drinker, merging all categories (1–3 cups/month, 1–6 cups/week and ≥ 1 cup/d) |
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Notes | Funding: grant from Unilever Health Institute Vlaardingen, the Netherlands and by Public Health Service Grant P01 CA27502 Statistical methods: unconditional logistic regression Variables controlled in analysis: age, sex, energy intake, inability to tan after prolonged sun exposure and history of diagnosed and treated actinic keratosis Variables controlled by matching: sex and age (± 10 years) |