Tea consumption and risk of stroke in Chinese adults: a prospective cohort study of 0.5 million men and women.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many cohort studies have explored the relation between tea consumption and stroke risk; however, the conclusions have been inconsistent. In addition, evidence is lacking in China, where the patterns of tea consumption and main types of tea consumed differ substantially from those in high-income countries.

Objective

We aimed to systematically assess the association of tea consumption with the risk of stroke based on a Chinese large-scale cohort study.

Methods

A total of 487,377 participants from the China Kadoorie Biobank were included in the present study. Detailed information about tea consumption (including frequency, duration, amount, and tea type) was self-reported at baseline. After ∼4.3 million person-years of follow-up, 38,727 incident cases of strok

SUBMITTER: Tian T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7223259 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature