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Table 2 Tea Drinking Habits and Odds Ratios (95%Cl) among Cases and Controls

From: Oolong tea consumption and its interactions with a novel composite index on esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Variables

Oolong tea drinking (n = 518)

Green tea drinking(n = 210)

Other tea drinking(n = 249)

Tea drinking(n = 1270)

ORa(95% CI)

ORb(95% CI)

ORa(95% CI)

ORb(95% CI)

ORa(95% CI)

ORb(95% CI)

ORa(95% CI)

ORb(95% CI)

Tea consumption

 No

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Yes

1.64 (1.14,2.36)

1.39 (0.94,2.05)

0.43 (0.27,0.68)

0.43 (0.26,0.71)

1.07 (0.72,1.59)

0.91 (0.59,1.39)

1.12 (0.82,1.52)

0.92 (0.66,1.28)

Frequency of tea consumption

 Never drinking

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

 1~5 times/week

2.51 (1.49,4,23)

2.23 (1.29,3.86)

1.31 (0.68.2.54)

1.36 (0.62,2.97)

1.05 (0.59,1.87)

1.12 (0.60,2.09)

1.48 (0.99,2.22)

1.35 (0.88,2.08)

  ≥ 5 times/week

1.52 (1.04,2.22)

1.28 (0.85,1.92)

0.38 (0.23,0.62)

0.40 (0.23,0.69)

1.08 (0.69,1.69)

0.83 (0.51,1.36)

1.00 (0.72,1.39)

0.78 (0.55,1.14)

Duration of tea consumption

 Never drinking

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

 1~10 year

1.41 (0.79,2.52)

1.22 (0.66.2.26)

0.17 (0.06,0.46)

0.16 (0.05,0.52)

1.25 (0.55,2.08)

1.47 (0.61,3.55)

0.82 (0.52,1.30)

0.75 (0.46,1.23)

  ≥ 10 year

1.78 (1.20,2.63)

1.26 (0.68,2.34)

0.55 (0.34,0.90)

0.57 (0.33,0.98)

0.98 (0.64,1.52)

0.78 (0.48,1.25)

1.16 (0.84,1.61)

0.91 (0.64,1.30)

Tea temperature

 Never drinking

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.000

1.00

 warm

0.75 (0.41,1.36)

0.89 (0.42,1.67)

0.29 (0.13,0.65)

0.40 (0.15,1.03)

0.73 (0.35,1.52)

0.84 (0.39,1.81)

0.55 (0.35,0.86)

0.71 (0.44,1.15)

 hot

1.96 (1.34,2.87)

1.60 (1.06,2.41)

0.49 (0.30,0.80)

0.45 (0.26.0.77)

1.10 (0.71,1.68)

0.88 (0.55,1.41)

1.28 (0.93,1.76)

0.94 (0.67,1.34)

  1. a Adjusted for sex, age, education level, household income (Model-1)
  2. b:Adjusted for tobacco smoking, alcohol drinking, hot food, hard food, pickled food, fired food, fruits and the variables in model 1(Model-2)