Tea Consumption and All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality in the UK Biobank.

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LettersFebruary 2023Tea Consumption and All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality in the UK BiobankYasutaka Nishiyama, MD and Tatsuya Fujikawa, MD, PhDYasutaka Nishiyama, MDMitoyo General Hospital, Kanonji, JapanSearch for more papers by this author and Tatsuya Fujikawa, MD, PhDMitoyo General Hospital, Kanonji, JapanSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/L22-0477 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR: In a study of approximately 500 000 participants in the United Kingdom, Inoue-Choi and colleagues (1) showed that higher tea intake was associated with a lower risk for all-cause mortality and mortality from cerebrovascular disease, ischemic heart disease, and stroke. We read these results with great interest and have the following concerns.Table 1 of their article showed that participants who drank less tea tended to drink relatively more coffee. However, their daily fluid intake aside from tea and coffee was unclear. Was their intake of water or soft drinks in addition to tea and coffee documented? ...