TY - JOUR
T1 - Intake of Japanese and Chinese teas reduces risk of Parkinson's disease
AU - Tanaka, Keiko
AU - Miyake, Yoshihiro
AU - Fukushima, Wakaba
AU - Sasaki, Satoshi
AU - Kiyohara, Chikako
AU - Tsuboi, Yoshio
AU - Yamada, Tatsuo
AU - Oeda, Tomoko
AU - Miki, Takami
AU - Kawamura, Nobutoshi
AU - Sakae, Nobutaka
AU - Fukuyama, Hidenao
AU - Hirota, Yoshio
AU - Nagai, Masaki
N1 - Funding Information:
None of the authors had any personal or financial conflict of interest. This study was supported by Health and Labour Sciences Research Grants , Research on Intractable Diseases, Research Committee on Epidemiology of Intractable Diseases from the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare , Japan.
PY - 2011/7
Y1 - 2011/7
N2 - Studies that have addressed the association between the intake of coffee or caffeine and Parkinson's disease (PD) were conducted mainly in Western countries. Little is known about this relationship in an Asian population. Therefore, we performed an assessment of the association of the intake of coffee, other caffeine-containing beverages, and caffeine with the risk of PD in Japan. The study involved 249 PD cases and 368 control subjects. Information on dietary factors was obtained through a self-administered diet history questionnaire. Adjustment was made for sex, age, region of residence, educational level, pack-years of smoking, body mass index, the dietary glycemic index, and intake of cholesterol, vitamin E, β-carotene, vitamin B6, alcohol, and iron. Intake of coffee, black tea, and Japanese and Chinese teas was significantly inversely associated with the risk of PD: the adjusted odds ratios in comparison of the highest with the lowest quartile were 0.52, 0.58, and 0.59, respectively (95% confidence intervals = 0.30-0.90, 0.35-0.97, and 0.35-0.995, respectively). A clear inverse dose-response relationship between total caffeine intake and PD risk was observed. We confirmed that the intake of coffee and caffeine reduced the risk of PD. Furthermore, this is the first study to show a significant inverse relationship between the intake of Japanese and Chinese teas and the risk of PD.
AB - Studies that have addressed the association between the intake of coffee or caffeine and Parkinson's disease (PD) were conducted mainly in Western countries. Little is known about this relationship in an Asian population. Therefore, we performed an assessment of the association of the intake of coffee, other caffeine-containing beverages, and caffeine with the risk of PD in Japan. The study involved 249 PD cases and 368 control subjects. Information on dietary factors was obtained through a self-administered diet history questionnaire. Adjustment was made for sex, age, region of residence, educational level, pack-years of smoking, body mass index, the dietary glycemic index, and intake of cholesterol, vitamin E, β-carotene, vitamin B6, alcohol, and iron. Intake of coffee, black tea, and Japanese and Chinese teas was significantly inversely associated with the risk of PD: the adjusted odds ratios in comparison of the highest with the lowest quartile were 0.52, 0.58, and 0.59, respectively (95% confidence intervals = 0.30-0.90, 0.35-0.97, and 0.35-0.995, respectively). A clear inverse dose-response relationship between total caffeine intake and PD risk was observed. We confirmed that the intake of coffee and caffeine reduced the risk of PD. Furthermore, this is the first study to show a significant inverse relationship between the intake of Japanese and Chinese teas and the risk of PD.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2011.02.016
DO - 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2011.02.016
M3 - Article
C2 - 21458354
AN - SCOPUS:79959345557
SN - 1353-8020
VL - 17
SP - 446
EP - 450
JO - Parkinsonism and Related Disorders
JF - Parkinsonism and Related Disorders
IS - 6
ER -