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Table 3 The association between types of tea leaves and TB

From: Impact of tea drinking upon tuberculosis: a neglected issue

Type of tea leaves	TB Patients		Healthy controls		OR_c (95 % CI)	OR_ad (95 % CI)^#
Type of tea leaves	N	%	N	%	OR_c (95 % CI)	OR_ad (95 % CI)^#
Not drinking tea	301	52.44	243	41.75	Reference	Reference
Black tea	63	10.98	73	12.54	0.697 (0.478,1.016)	0.683 (0.517,0.902)*
Oolong	84	14.63	98	16.84	0.692 (0.494,0.969)*	0.674 (0.508,0.894)*
Green tea	126	21.95	168	28.87	0.605 (0.455,0.806)*	0.534 (0.349,0.817)*

^#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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