Participants who drank high - temperature tea,
consumed alcohol excessively, and smoked had an esophageal cancer risk more than 5 times greater than those who had
none of those 3 habits.
After adjustment for a large number
of variables, the hazard ratio for
participants consuming five or more servings
of fruits and vegetables per day compared with those
consuming none was 0.73 for all
participants, 0.53 for women, and 1.14 for men.