Consumption of green and roasted teas and the risk of stroke incidence: results from the Tokamachi-Nakasato cohort study in Japan
Author(s) -
Norimasa Tanabe,
Hiroshi Suzuki,
Yoshiyasu Aizawa,
Nao Seki
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyn211
Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , hazard ratio , incidence (geometry) , cerebral infarction , proportional hazards model , confidence interval , cohort study , cohort , surgery , ischemia , mechanical engineering , physics , optics , engineering
and purpose Green tea consumption is inversely associated with death from stroke. The purpose of the present study was to assess whether it is inversely associated with subsequent stroke incidence and whether this association is preserved even with roasted tea leaves.
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