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

Wilkens 1996.

Study characteristics
Methods PCC in USA
Participants Participants: 261 (male/female: 195/66) cases and 522 (male/female: 390/132) controls
Inclusion criteria: white or Japanese ancestry with newly diagnosed cancer referring to the 7 largest civilian hospitals on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, USA
Recruitment: from 1977‐1986
Interventions N/A
Outcomes Number of cases
Urinary tract cancer: 261 (male/female: 195/66) cases, mainly transitional cell cancer (95%), including urinary bladder (90%), renal pelvis (7%) and ureter (3%)
Green tea in exposure categories Exposure assessment: green tea drinking habit
Lowest exposure: first tertile
Intermediate exposure: second tertile
Highest exposure: third tertile
Values of tertiles NR
Notes Funding: National Cancer Institute grants R26 CA 25903 and NOl CA 15655
Statistical methods: conditional logistic regression
Variables controlled in analysis: age, smoking status, pack‐years, employment in a high‐risk occupation, consumption of dark green vegetables in men and total vitamin C consumption in women.
Variables controlled by matching: sex, age (± 5 years) and ethnic group