Consumption of green and roasted teas and the risk of stroke incidence: Results from the Tokamachi-Nakasato cohort study in Japan

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1030-1040

  Tanabe, Naohito ^a   Suzuki, Hiroshi ^a   Aizawa, Yoshifusa ^a   Seki, Nao ^b  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral haemorrhage; Cerebral infarction; Cohort studies; Epidemiology; Incidence; Stroke; Tea

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY; STROKE; TEA;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COFFEE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISH; FLUID INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; MILK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK REDUCTION; SOYBEAN; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TEA; VEGETABLE; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; STROKE; TEA;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 53349141011     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyn211     Document Type: Article

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