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

Leung 2016.

Study characteristics
Methods PCC in China
Participants Participants: 524 cases and 1587 controls (all women) from the Ovarian Cancer in Alberta and British Columbia (OVAL‐BC) Study
Inclusion criteria: aged 20‐79 years, incident cases in residents in Alberta (AB) and aged 40‐79 years, incident cases in residents in British Columbia (BC), Canada
Recruitment: from 2002‐2012
Interventions N/A
Outcomes Number of cases
Epithelian ovarian cancer: 104 cases out of 524 eligible cases with information on green tea and 471 out of 1587 eligible controls
Green tea in exposure categories Exposure assessment A: green tea intake
Lowest exposure: nondrinkers
Highest exposure: green tea drinker
Exposure assessment B: green tea consumption
Lowest exposure: nondrinkers
Intermediate exposure 1: ≤ 1 lifetime cups‐years
Intermediate exposure 2: 1‐5 lifetime cups‐years
Highest exposure: > 5 lifetime cups‐years
Notes Funding: grants from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research and by a grant from WorkSafe BC (formerly the Workers’ Compensation Board of British Columbia)
Statistical methods: unconditional logistic regression
Variables controlled in analysis: study site, reference or diagnosis age, race, educational level, BMI, smoking, lifetime average alcohol drinking, first‐degree female relative history of ovarian/breast cancer, years of oral contraceptive use, parity, menopausal status and hormone therapy use
Variables controlled by matching: age (± 5 years)