ArticleThe journal of nutrition, health & aging2017
Blood Pressure Is Associated with Tea Consumption: A Cross-sectional Study in a Rural, Elderly Population of Jiangsu China.
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- The association between tea consumption and hypertension: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Pooled it
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- Caffeine intake and cardiometabolic risk factors in adolescents in the United States.Pediatric research · 2025Article
- The association between tea consumption and blood pressure in the adult population in Southwest China.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Habitual tea consumption and 5-year incident metabolic syndrome among older adults: a community-based cohort study.BMC geriatrics · 2021Article
- Associations of tea consumption with blood pressure progression and hypertension incidence.Journal of geriatric cardiology : JGC · 2021Article
- Depressive symptoms and 5-year incident metabolic syndrome among older adults.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Tea consumption and serum uric acid levels among older adults in three large-scale population-based studies in China.BMC geriatrics · 2021Article
- Effects and Mechanisms of Tea and Its Bioactive Compounds for the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases: An Updated Review.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Review
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- The Association between Green and Black Tea Consumption on Successful Aging: A Combined Analysis of the ATTICA and MEDiterranean ISlands (MEDIS) Epidemiological Studies.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectivesTea has long been hypothesized to possess hypotensive effects. However, there is uncertainty regarding the association of tea consumption with arterial blood pressure (BP). We aimed to examine the association between tea consumption and BP components including systolic BP (SBP) and diastolic BP (DBP).
designCommunity-based, cross-sectional study of Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, China.
settingTea consumption has protective influence on BP and presence of hypertension.
participants4579 older adults aged 60 years or older from the Weitang Geriatric Diseases study. MEASUREMENTS: Detailed information regarding tea consumption was collected using a pre-designed questionnaire. BP components were measured at least 3 times with a minimum 5-minute interval, by well-trained research nurses.
methodsData of 4579 older adults (response rate: 82%) aged 60 years or older from the Weitang Geriatric Diseases study were included in the analysis and we estimated the relationship of tea consumption and BP using linear regression models and the association between tea consumption and risk of hypertension using logistic regression models.
resultsIn linear regression models, higher tea consumption frequency was found to be associated with lower systolic BP values, after adjusting for the effect of age, sex, education level, lifestyle-related factors, and cardiometabolic confounding factors in overall (coefficient =-1.49, P=0.0003), normotensive (coefficient =-0.91, P=0.017) and participants without anti-hypertensive treatment (coefficient =-1.26, P=0.027). Significant inverse association between diastolic BP and frequency of tea consumption was also observed in the overall subjects (coefficient =-0.74, P=0.003). In multivariate logistic analyses, habitual tea drinking was inversely associated with presence of hypertension [odds ratio (OR)=0.79, P=0.011] , and there was a progressive reduction in risk associated with higher frequency of tea consumption (P for trend=0.011).
conclusionHabitual tea consumption was found to be associated with lower values of components of BP and a reduced likelihood of having hypertension in older adults. Given the widespread consumption of tea throughout China and the world, together with the major cardiovascular disease risk, our findings have important implications for human health.
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