Meta-analysis of Correlation Between Hot Tea Drinking and Risk of Esophageal Cancer
Abstract：Objective:To explore the correlation between hot tea drinking and risk of Esophageal cancer through Meta-analysis.Method:Relative studies published between 1966 to April 2014 about tea and risk of esophageal cancer were searched in Pubmed,Embase,Cochrane Data.The merging effect value and homogeneity were analyzed by using STATA 12.0 software,and the funnel plot,Begg’s and Egger’s test were adopted to examine the potential publication bias. Result:A total of 9 publications with 3261 esophageal cancer cases were included.Based on the comparison between the hot tea drinking group and not-hot tea drinking group,hot tea drinking was significantly increased the esophageal cancer risk(OR=2.21,95%CI 1.95-2.51,Z=12.50,P<0.000 01).There was no publication bias in these literatures by Begg’s test(Pr>|Z|=0.858>0.05) and Egger’s test(P=0.74>0.05).Conclusion:Hot tea drinking may increase the risk of esophageal cancer.
Keywords：TeaHigh temperatureEsophageal cancerMeta-analysis
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 11-13,14 )