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

Song 2008.

Study characteristics
Methods PCC in USA
Participants Participants: 781 cases and 1263 controls (all women)
Inclusion criteria: aged 35‐74 years, diagnosed with a primary invasive or borderline epithelial ovarian cancer in English‐speaking women who had residential telephones at the time of cancer diagnosis and were residents of a 13‐county area of western Washington State, USA
Recruitment: from 2002‐2005
Interventions N/A
Outcomes Number of cases
Ovarian cancer: 781 cases
Green tea in exposure categories Exposure assessment: green tea intake
Lowest exposure: nondrinker
Intermediate exposure: < 1 cup/d
Highest exposure: ≥ 2 cups/d
Notes Funding: National Institute of Health grant RO1 CA87538
Statistical methods: unconditional logistic regression
Variables controlled in analysis: age, county, year of diagnosis/reference date, race/ethnicity, number of full‐term pregnancies, duration of hormonal contraception, education, BMI, smoking, tubal ligation/hysterectomy and family history of breast/ovarian cancer
Variables controlled by matching: age, county of residence and year of diagnosis/reference date