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

Mizoo 2013.

Study characteristics
Methods HCC in Japan
Participants Participants: 472 cases and 464 controls (all women)
Inclusion criteria: aged ≥ 20 years, consecutive patients treated at the Okayama University Hospital, Okayama Rousai Hospital and Mizushima Kyodo Hospital in Okayama and at Kagawa Prefecture Central Hospital in Kagawa, Japan. Controls from women under breast cancer screening.
Recruitment: from December 2010‐November 2011
Interventions N/A
Outcomes Number of cases
Breast cancer: 472 cases
Green tea in exposure categories Exposure assessment: green tea consumption
Lowest exposure: < 1 time/week
Intermediate exposure 1: 1 time/week
Intermediate exposure 2: 2‐3 times/week
Highest exposure: ≥ 4 times/week
Notes Funding: Grant‐in‐Aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan
Statistical methods: unconditional logistic regression
Variables controlled in analysis: age.
Variables controlled by matching: ‐