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Tea Consumption and Infarct-Related Ventricular Arrhythmias: The Determinants of Myocardial Infarction Onset Study

Divisions of General Medicine and Primary Care (K.J.M., M.A.)
Cardiology (M.A.M.)
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Epidemiology (M.M., M.A.M.)
Harvard School of Public Health, Division of Cardiology (J.E.M.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

View larger version (16K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Fig. 1. Adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for ventricular arrhythmias according to usual tea intake among Onset Study participants. Tea intake modeled with linear, squared, and square-root terms. Odds ratios adjusted for age, sex, body-mass index, smoking, physical exertion, thrombolytic therapy, cardiac medications, previous history of myocardial infarction, hypertension, and diabetes, and coffee intake.

View larger version (31K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Fig. 2. Adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for ventricular arrhythmias according to usual coffee and tea intake among Onset Study participants. The reference category was participants who abstained from tea and drank >7 cups of coffee per week. Odds ratios adjusted for age, sex, body-mass index, smoking, physical exertion, thrombolytic therapy, cardiac medications, and previous history of myocardial infarction, hypertension, and diabetes.