Tea and coffee consumption and risk of acute stroke: The INTERSTROKE Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Stroke is a leading global cause of death and disability. Daily tea/coffee intake is consumed by > 50% of populations and may represent an important population-level exposure. Therefore, it is first essential that we better understand the associations between the tea/coffee intake and stroke.

Aims

This research aims to generate hypotheses about the global associations between tea and coffee intake and stroke. These insights will identify interventions for stroke prevention that can be further explored using alternative study designs.

Methods

INTERSTROKE is a large international matched case-control study of first stroke from 32 countries. Participants were asked "how many cups do you drink each day?" of coffee, green tea, black tea, and other tea. Multivari

SUBMITTER: Smyth A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11523547 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature