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

Zhang 2008.

Study characteristics
Methods HCC in China
Participants Participants: 107 (male/female: 66/41) cases and 110 (male/female: 70/40) controls
Inclusion criteria: aged 16/81 years, histopathologically confirmed cases Zhejiang University residents in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
Recruitment: from 2005‐2006
Interventions N/A
Outcomes Number of cases
Leukaemia: 107 (male/female: 66/41) cases, including acute myeloid leukaemia (N = 72), acute lymphocytic leukaemia (N = 22), chronic myeloid leukaemia (N = 10), chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (N = 3)
Green tea in exposure categories Exposure assessment A: intake of green tea
Lowest exposure: no
Highest exposure: yes
Exposure assessment B: consumption of green tea
Lowest exposure: nondrinkers or ≤ 1 time/week
Intermediate exposure: 2‐6 times/week
Highest exposure: ≥ 1 time/d
Notes Funding: not declared
Statistical methods: unconditional logistic regression
Variables controlled in analysis: age, sex, residence, education, smoking, medication use of chloromycetin, occupational exposure to benzene and organophosphorous
Variables controlled by matching: age and hospital
Zhang 2008b reports same data as Zhang 2008 but paper in Chinese