date:Jun 22, 2012
and 75 years of age. Participants were asked to complete a questionnaire about their usual consumption of tea, coffee, alcohol, smoking habits and general health, and attended a screening examination.
Just under a quarter of the 6,016 men included in the study were heavy tea drinkers, said the researchers.
Of these, 6.4% developed prostate cancer during a follow-up of up to 37 years.
Data analysis revealed that the men who drank more than seven cups of tea per day had a significantly increas