TABLE 4.

Association of frequency of tea consumption with the risk of stroke among male and female participants¹

			Frequency of tea consumption
Sex	Stroke type	Participants, n	Never	Occasionally	Weekly	Daily	P trend
Men
	Participants, n	199,294	38,360	58,527	19,940	82,467
	Person years, n	1,722,946	322,076	507,410	175,236	718,224
	Cases, n	18,038	5095	5061	1417	6465
	HR (95% CI)2
	Total stroke3		1.00	0.94 (0.90, 0.98)	0.88 (0.82, 0.94)	0.89 (0.85, 0.93)	<0.001
	Ischemic stroke		1.00	0.93 (0.89, 0.97)	0.87 (0.81, 0.94)	0.89 (0.85, 0.94)	<0.001
	Hemorrhagic stroke		1.00	0.92 (0.84, 1.02)	0.85 (0.73, 0.97)	0.82 (0.74, 0.90)	<0.001
Women
	Participants, n	288,083	131,974	94,595	15,701	45,813
	Person years, n	2,566,640	1,169,977	846,051	141,537	409,075
	Cases, n	20,689	11,188	5567	924	3010
	HR (95% CI)2
	Total stroke3		1.00	0.97 (0.94, 1.00)	1.01 (0.94, 1.09)	0.95 (0.90, 0.998)	0.053
	Ischemic stroke		1.00	0.97 (0.93, 1.01)	1.03 (0.95, 1.11)	0.95 (0.89, 1.01)	0.120
	Hemorrhagic stroke		1.00	0.97 (0.89, 1.06)	0.92 (0.77, 1.10)	0.92 (0.82, 1.04)	0.177

¹Values were obtained from a Cox proportional hazards analysis. P_trend, P for the linear trend test.

²Adjusted for age; marital status; education; annual household income; smoking status; alcohol consumption; physical activity; BMI; history of hypertension; history of diabetes; intake frequencies of red meat, fresh fruits, and fresh vegetables; and family history of stroke.

³Including hemorrhagic stroke, ischemic stroke, and stroke of unknown type.