Association of tea consumption and the risk of gastric cancer in Japanese adults: the Japan Collaborative Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the possible relationship between tea consumption and risk of gastric cancer (GC) among Japanese men and women included in a large Japanese population-based study titled the Japan Collaborative Cohort (JACC) Study.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

A population-based cohort included subjects who were recruited from 24 areas of JACC Study, in which data regarding the incidence of cancer were available.

Participants

63 848 participants (26 025 men and 37 823 women), aged 40-79, were included in the analyses and underwent follow-up (median 13.3 years) prospectively in research on cancer incidence.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

The primary outcome variable was the risk of GC according to the frequency intakes of total tea

SUBMITTER: Sheerah H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7539605 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature