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

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? ...References1. Inoue-Choi M, Ramirez Y, Cornelis MC, et al. Tea consumption and all-cause and cause-specific mortality in the UK Biobank. A prospective cohort study. Ann Intern Med. 2022;175:1201-11. [PMID: 36037472] doi:10.7326/M22-0041 LinkGoogle Scholar2. Kalantar-Zadeh K, Regidor DL, Kovesdy CP, et al. Fluid retention is associated with cardiovascular mortality in patients undergoing long-term hemodialysis. Circulation. 2009;119:671-9. [PMID: 19171851] doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.807362 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Strippoli GF, Craig JC, Rochtchina E, et al. Fluid and nutrient intake and risk of chronic kidney disease. Nephrology (Carlton). 2011;16:326-34. [PMID: 21342326] doi:10.1111/j.1440-1797.2010.01415.x CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. Chan J, Knutsen SF, Blix GG, et al. Water, other fluids, and fatal coronary heart disease: the Adventist Health Study. Am J Epidemiol. 2002;155:827-33. [PMID: 11978586] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. Zhou HL, Wei MH, Cui Y, et al. Association between water intake and mortality risk—evidence from a national prospective study. Front Nutr. 2022;9:822119. [PMID: 35495952] doi:10.3389/fnut.2022.822119 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: Yasutaka Nishiyama, MD; Tatsuya Fujikawa, MD, PhDAffiliations: Mitoyo General Hospital, Kanonji, JapanDisclosures: Authors have reported no disclosures of interest. Forms can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=L22-0477. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoTea Consumption and All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality in the UK Biobank Maki Inoue-Choi , Yesenia Ramirez , Marilyn C. Cornelis , Amy Berrington de González , Neal D. Freedman , and Erikka Loftfield Tea Consumption and All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality in the UK Biobank Maki Inoue-Choi , Yesenia Ramirez , Neal D. Freedman , and Erikka Loftfield Metrics February 2023Volume 176, Issue 2KeywordsBiobanksGeneticsMortalityTea ePublished: 21 February 2023 Issue Published: February 2023 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2023 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...