No Association Between Green Tea and Prostate Cancer Risk in Japanese Men: the Ohsaki Cohort Study.
From: Division of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Forensic Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8575, Japan. nkikuchi@mail.tains.tohoku.ac.jp
British journal of cancer
- Publish Date: Aug 2006
- ISSN: 0007-0920
- Volume: 95
- Issue: 3
- Pages: 371-3
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Kikuchi N, Ohmori K, Shimazu T, et al. No Association Between Green Tea and Prostate Cancer Risk in Japanese Men: the Ohsaki Cohort Study.. Br. J. Cancer Aug 2006;95:371-3
Abstract
In a prospective study of 19,561 Japanese men, green-tea intake was not associated with a lower risk of prostate cancer (110 cases), the multivariate hazard ratio for men drinking > or =5 cups compared with <1 cup per day being 0.85 (95% confidence interval 0.50-1.43, trend P = 0.81).
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Cohort Studies, Humans, Japan, Male, Multivariate Analysis, Prospective Studies, Prostatic Neoplasms, Risk, Risk Factors, Tea
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