Independent and Joint Associations of Tea Consumption and Smoking with Parkinson's Disease Risk in Chinese Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Existing limited evidence suggests that smoking and tea consumption may be associated with a lower risk of Parkinson's disease (PD). However, less is known about the independent and joint roles of these two habits, which are often clustered among Chinese, on PD risk.

Objective

To prospectively examine the independent and joint association of tea consumption and smoking with the risk of PD.

Methods

The China Kadoorie Biobank (CKB) study recruited 512,725 participants aged 30 to 79 years from ten areas across China since 2004. Information on smoking and tea consumption was collected at baseline, and PD cases were ascertained by linkage to the national health insurance system and death registry. Cox proportional hazards models were used to estimate the multiva

SUBMITTER: Nie J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9398092 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature