ArticleBMC public health2023
The association between tea consumption and blood pressure in the adult population in Southwest China.
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- The association between tea consumption and hypertension: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Pooled it
- Coumarins in hypertension management: from vascular signaling pathways to clinical perspectives.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2026Review
- Exploring the Effects of Teas with Different Fermentation Levels and Black Coffee on the Body via the Urine Proteome.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Dietary Flavonoids as Cross-System Modulators of Hypertension and Intestinal Permeability.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Changes in dietary nutrient intakes at 6 and 12 months following bariatric surgery in a Chinese observational cohort.Scientific reports · 2025Observational
- Antioxidant profiling and quality assessment of Lithocarpus polystachyus sweet tea using LC-ECD and LC-MS/MS.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Effects of Liupao Tea with Different Years of Aging on Glycolipid Metabolism, Body Composition, and Gut Microbiota in Adults with Obesity or Overweight: A Randomized, Double-Blind Study.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Acute change in resting energy expenditure and vital signs in response to white tea consumption in females: a pilot study.Nutrition & metabolism · 2024Article
- Association between cMIND diet and hypertension among older adults in China: a nationwide survey.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2024Article
- Comparative Study to Assess the Effects on Blood Pressure of Drinking Green and Black Tea among Hypertensive Patients.Journal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectivesPrior research on the effect of tea consumption on blood pressure (BP) generated inconsistent findings. The objective of this study was to explore the effects of different types of tea consumption on BP.
methodsWe included 76,673 participants aged 30-79 from the baseline data of the China Multi-Ethnic Cohort (CMEC) study. Binary logistic regression was used to analyze the influences of different types of tea consumption on the risk of hypertensive BP. Moreover, multiple linear regression was used to examine the association between tea drinking and BP.
resultsTea consumption was associated with a reduced risk of hypertensive BP by 10% (AOR: 0.90, 95%CI: 0.86-0.94). While dark tea was related to a 1.79-5.31 mmHg reduction in systolic blood pressure (SBP) and a 0.47-1.02 mmHg reduction in diastolic blood pressure (DBP), sweet tea, regardless of the duration, frequency, or amount of consumption, significantly was associated with a reduced SBP by 3.19-7.18 mmHg. Green tea also was associated with a reduced SBP by 1.21-2.98 mmHg. Although scented tea was related to reduced SBP by 1.26-2.48 mmHg, the greatest effect came from the long duration (> 40 years:β=-2.17 mmHg, 95%CI=-3.47 mmHg --0.87 mmHg), low frequency (1-2 d/w: β = -2.48 mmHg, 95%CI=-3.76 mmHg--1.20 mmHg), and low amount (≤ 2 g/d: β=-2.21 mmHg, 95%CI=-3.01 mmHg--1.40 mmHg). Additionally, scented tea was correlated to a decrease in DBP at the frequency of 1-2 d/w (β=-0.84 mmHg, 95%CI=-1.65 mmHg--0.02 mmHg). Drinking black tea only was associated with lowered SBP. The protective effect of black tea on SBP was characterized by the long-duration (> 15 years, -2.63--5.76 mmHg), high frequency (6-7 d/w, -2.43 mmHg), and medium amount (2.1-4.0 g/d, -3.06 mmHg).
conclusionTea consumption was associated with lower SBP and a reduced risk of hypertensive BP. The antihypertensive effect varies across types of tea consumed.
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