“…Tea consumption was then categorized into five groups: >0 to 1.5 cups/day, >1.5 to 2.5 cups/day, >2.5 to 3.5 cups/day, >3.5 to 4.5 cups/day, and >4.5 cups/day, which were equivalent to an average of 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 or more cups/day, respectively. 23 The association between tea consumption categories (five groups) with incident VTE with no tea consumption as the reference group was further examined among participants adding different additives (no additives, only milk, only sweeteners, and both milk and sweeteners). Models included the adjustments for age, sex (female, male), ethnicity (white, black, Asian, others), assessment centers, BMI, education levels, TDI, smoking status (never, previous, current), alcohol consumption (daily or almost daily, 1–4 times a week, 1–3 times a month, never or special occasions only), healthy diet scores, physical activity, hypertension, diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, and use of aspirin.…”