Table 2 Association between beverage consumption and 6-year changes1 in leukocyte telomere length.
Beverage consumption | Categories | N2 | Age, sex, WBCC adjusted model | Multiple model4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Types | Estimate3 (95% CI) | Estimate3 (95% CI) | ||
Green tea | None | 1505 | Reference | Reference |
< 7 cups/week | 227 | − 0.024 (− 0.090, 0.043) | − 0.021 (− 0.089, 0.044) | |
≥ 7 cups/week | 220 | − 0.094 (− 0.161, − 0.027)6 | − 0.097 (− 0.164, − 0.029)6 | |
Others5 | None | 1910 | Reference | Reference |
≥ 1 cup/month | 42 | − 0.054 (− 0.199, 0.090) | − 0.052 (− 0.197, 0.093) | |
Brewed coffee | None | 1563 | Reference | Reference |
< 14 cups/week | 217 | 0.035 (− 0.033, 0.103) | 0.037 (− 0.031, 0.105) | |
≥ 14 cups/week | 172 | − 0.030 (− 0.106, 0.045) | − 0.030 (− 0.105, 0.046) | |
Instant coffee | None | 755 | Reference | Reference |
< 14 cups/week | 518 | − 0.001 (− 0.054, 0.052) | − 0.001 (− 0.054, 0.053) | |
≥ 14 cups/week | 679 | − 0.009 (− 0.061, 0.043) | − 0.012 (− 0.064, 0.041) | |
Soft drink | None | 1870 | Reference | Reference |
≥ 1 cup/month | 82 | − 0.009 (− 0.115, 0.096) | − 0.008 (− 0.113, 0.098) |
