Green tea and cardiovascular disease (CVD) population study according to Kuriyama, S et al of “The Ohsaki Study” (50):
- Researchers followed 40,530 Japanese adults up to 11 years.
- Women who drank ≥ 5 cups/day of green tea had a 31% lower risk of dying from CVD and a 23% lower risk of mortality from all causes than women who drank <1 cup/day.
- Women who drank 1 to 2 cups/day or 3 to 4 cups/day green tea had a 16% and 31% reduced risk of CVD, respectively.
- Those who drank 1 to 2 cups/day or 3 to 4 cups/day green tea had a 2% and 18% reduced risk of all-cause mortality, respectively.
- The protective effect of green tea was stronger in women than in men.
- In men who drank ≥ 5 cups/day green tea their all-cause mortality risk fell by 12%.
- Men who drank 1 to 2 cups/day or 3 to 4 cups/day green tea had a 7% and 5% reduced risk of all cause-mortality, respectively.