Long-term tea consumption reduces the risk of frailty in older Chinese people: Result from a 6-year longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Vast accumulative evidence suggests that the consumption of tea and its components have various potential health benefits. This study used a longitudinal study to examine the causality between tea consumption and frailty in older Chinese people.

Methods

This study employed the longitudinal data from 2008 to 2014 of the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS), which were systematically collected through face-to-face interviews. Two thousand four hundred and seventy three participants completed six-follow-up surveys in 2014 and were analyzed in this study. The frailty index recommended by Searle and co-authors, including 44 health deficits, was used. A Generalized Estimating Equation (GEE) was applied to determine the risk ratio (RR) with a 95% confide

SUBMITTER: Gao T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9421071 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature