Association between coffee and green tea intake and pneumonia among the Japanese elderly: a case-control study

Abstract A large prospective cohort study in the United States examined the association between coffee intake and overall and cause-specific mortality and showed a inverse association between pneumonia and influenza deaths and coffee intake. In Japan, the mortality rate of pneumonia in elderly peopl...

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Main Authors: Kyoko Kondo, Kanzo Suzuki, Masakazu Washio, Satoko Ohfuji, Satoru Adachi, Sakae Kan, Seiichiro Imai, Kunihiko Yoshimura, Naoyuki Miyashita, Nobumitsu Fujisawa, Akiko Maeda, Wakaba Fukushima, Yoshio Hirota, The Pneumonia in Elderly People Study Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-84348-w