Association between tea and coffee consumption and brain cancer risk: an updated meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous studies had demonstrated some associations between coffee and tea consumption and brain cancer risk resulted in an inconsistent relationship. We therefore performed this study to further explore the association between them.

Method

By searching PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science, we retrieved up to 1 November 2018, 11 relevant literature of publications were collected by 2 people eventually. Stata 14.0 software was used for data analysis.

Results

In total, 11 articles (11 articles for coffee, 8 articles for tea, and 4 articles for coffee plus tea) were used in this meta-analysis. A statistically significant protective effect of coffee consumption and brain cancer risk was found (RR = 0.785, 95% CI = 0.580-0.984, I² = 65.6%, P _{for he}

SUBMITTER: Song Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6419842 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature