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

Hoshiyama 1992.

Study characteristics
Methods PCC in Japan
Participants Participants: 251 cases and 483 controls (all men)
Inclusion criteria: histologically confirmed single and multiple stomach cancer cases admitted to the Saitama Cancer Center Hospital, living in the Saitama Prefecture for at least 10 years, Japan
Recruitment: from August 1984‐July 1990
Interventions N/A
Outcomes Number of cases
Stomach cancer: 419 out of 432 eligible cases: 216 single stomach cancer and 35 multiple stomach cancer (all men)
Green tea in exposure categories Exposure assessment: green tea drinking
Lowest exposure: ≤ 4 cups/d
Intermediate exposure: 5‐7 cups/d
Highest exposure: ≥ 8 cups/d
Notes Funding: not declared
Statistical methods: unconditional logistic regression
Variables controlled in analysis: age and smoking status
Variables controlled by matching: ‐