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Meta-Analysis
. 2007 Nov 5;97(9):1291-4.
doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604008. Epub 2007 Oct 9.

Tea and coffee drinking and ovarian cancer risk: results from the Netherlands Cohort Study and a meta-analysis

J Steevens  1 , L J Schouten, B A J Verhage, R A Goldbohm, P A van den Brandt
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Meta-Analysis

Tea and coffee drinking and ovarian cancer risk: results from the Netherlands Cohort Study and a meta-analysis

J Steevens et al. Br J Cancer. .

Abstract

In a cohort study, ovarian cancer (280 cases) showed no significant association with tea or coffee, the multivariable rate ratios being 0.94 (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.89, 1.00) and 1.04 (95% CI: 0.97, 1.12) per cup per day, respectively. A meta-analysis also produced no significant findings overall, though the cohort studies showed a significant inverse association for tea.

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Meta-analysis of case-control and cohort studies investigating tea and coffee consumption (highest vs lowest) in relation to ovarian cancer risk. Note: In this meta-analysis, we used the lowest category as a reference in all studies, for reasons of comparability.
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