Hot tea, not coffee, associated with reduced risk for glaucoma

Glaucoma was less common in daily drinkers of hot tea than in those who did not drink hot tea daily, according to a study.
A retrospective cross-sectional study of National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data looked at food frequency questionnaires of 1,678 survey respondents to determine the prevalence of glaucoma in those who consumed various caffeinated and noncaffeinated beverages. Participants of the 2005-2006 NHANES were chosen for this study because they had undergone Humphrey perimetry testing and optic disc photographs.
Whereas no association was made between

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