Tea have increased risk of rheumatoid Arthritis is women.
Annual congress of the European League against Rheumatism is Rome, Italy, shows that women who drink tea have an increased risk or developing Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) compared with those who don’t drink.
Result from the longitudinal cohort study involving 76,643 women showed a positive associated of incident RA. Consuming any amount of tea carried a significant risk of developing RA in women who drank ≥4 cups of tea per day.
Professor Christopher Collins , Assistant Professor of Medicine, Georgetown University Medical center, Washington USA said that “This does make us wonder what it is in tea, or in the method of preparation of tea that causes the significant increase in risk of developing RA.”
Data on women aged 50-79 were taken from the Women’s Health Initiative Observational Study database (a major 15-year research program to address the most common causes of death, disability and poor quality of life in postmenopausal women) where participants completed a self-administered questionnaire providing information on daily consumption of coffee and tea.
The relationships between drinking tea and coffee and the risk of RA or SLE were assessed in age-adjusted models and in multivariate Cox proportional hazard models (a statistical approach to estimating survival data). At three years follow up, the diagnosis of incident RA was determined using self-reporting and respondent’s feedback on use of disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDS). The variables studied in the RA population were also investigated in women with SLE, but no significant associations were found.
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Today only I will call my mom and tell her to reduce the drinking of tea, because she is much into it. And recently she was also complaining about some pains in the joints, thanks alot doctor…. long live you and your knowledge keep on growing like grass….
Thanks Drcook…….