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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
Iman A. Hakim, MD, PhD, MPH1, Mohammed A. Alsaif, PhD2, Mansour Alduwaihy, PhD2, Kahlid Al-Rubeaan, MD2, Abdul-Rahman Al-Nuaim, MD2, and Omar S. Al-Attas, PhD2. (1) College of Public Health, Univeristy of Arizona, 1515 N Campbell Ave., PO Box 245024, Tucson, AZ 85724, (520)626-5355, ihakim@u.arizona.edu, (2) King Saud University, P O Box 59854, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
The aim was to determine if there is a relationship between tea consumption and the prevalence of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in Saudi women. The relationship between self-reported tea consumption and the prevalence of CVD (history, symptoms, electrocardiographic evidence, or treatment) were investigated using multiple logistic regression analysis in a national Saudi Heart Study. Urban and rural sites were randomly selected from the fourteen administrative regions of Saudi Arabia. SUBJECTS--A total of 1764 women aged 30-70 years from the largest 3 administrative regions were studied. The prevalence of CVD and coronary heart disease (CHD) were 14.1% (248) and 7.4% (131), respectively. Those who did drink more than 6 cups of tea (>480 ml) tea per day had a significantly lower prevalence of CVD than the non-tea drinkers (p < 0.001). Adjustments for risk factors including age, education, occupation, cigarette smoking, family history, diabetes, hypertension, blood lipids, body mass index, physical activity and fat intake did not remove the significance of the odds ratios (OR=0.44; 95% confidence interval=0.20 -0.95). There was a positive dose-response effect between tea consumption and CVD (p<0.001) that was persistent after adjustment for various risk factors (p=0.014). These findings support a potential protective effect of tea consumption in relation to CVD in this Saudi study where all tea consumed was black tea.
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Keywords: Alternative Medicine/Therapies, Women's Health
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.