No association between green tea and prostate cancer risk in Japanese men: the Ohsaki Cohort Study

N Kikuchi; K Ohmori; T Shimazu; N Nakaya; S Kuriyama; Y Nishino; Y Tsubono; I Tsuji

doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603230

No association between green tea and prostate cancer risk in Japanese men: the Ohsaki Cohort Study

Br J Cancer. 2006 Aug 7;95(3):371-3. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6603230. Epub 2006 Jun 27.

Authors

N Kikuchi¹, K Ohmori, T Shimazu, N Nakaya, S Kuriyama, Y Nishino, Y Tsubono, I Tsuji

Affiliation

¹ Division of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Forensic Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8575, Japan. [email protected]

Abstract

In a prospective study of 19,561 Japanese men, green-tea intake was not associated with a lower risk of prostate cancer (110 cases), the multivariate hazard ratio for men drinking > or =5 cups compared with <1 cup per day being 0.85 (95% confidence interval 0.50-1.43, trend P = 0.81).

Publication types

Comparative Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Cohort Studies
Humans
Japan / epidemiology
Male
Multivariate Analysis
Prospective Studies
Prostatic Neoplasms / diagnosis
Prostatic Neoplasms / diet therapy
Prostatic Neoplasms / prevention & control*
Risk
Risk Factors
Tea*

Substances

Tea