Impact of tea drinking upon tuberculosis: a neglected issue

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Table 4 The association between the quantity of tea consumption and TB

Tea consumption (g/month)	TB Patients		Healthy controls		OR_c (95 % CI)	OR_ad (95 % CI)^#
Tea consumption (g/month)	N	%	N	%	OR_c (95 % CI)	OR_ad (95 % CI)^#
Not drinking tea	301	52.44	243	41.75	Reference	Reference
1-60	94	16.38	106	18.21	0.716(0.517,0.991)*	0.674(0.472,0.962)*
61-150	98	17.07	124	21.31	0.638(0.466,0.874)*	0.619(0.478,0.801)*
151-300	81	14.11	109	18.73	0.600(0.430,0.837)*	0.564(0.415,0.766)*

Trend χ² = 12.784, P = 0.000
^#Multivariate logistic regression model was used to adjust the covariates of sex, age, marital status, education background, BMI, smoking, alcohol drinking, history of BCG vaccination and cooking with solid fuel.
*P < 0.05

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