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We used generalized linear models (GLM) and generalized additive model (GAM) to investigate the dose-response relationship between the tea, coffee, and caffeine consumption and infertility, adjusting for potential confounders.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>A non-linear relationship was detected between tea consumption and infertility and the inflection point was 2 cups\/day. On the right side of the inflection point, we did not detect a significant association. However, on the left side, we found a negative relationship between tea consumption and infertility (OR: 0.73; 95% CI: 0.57 to 0.93; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.0122). Meanwhile, our study found no significant association between coffee (0.96, 0.81 to 1.13, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.6189) or caffeine consumption (1.15, 0.93 to 1.42, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.2148) and female infertility.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Tea consumption was non-linearly associated with infertility, whereas no significant associations were found between coffee, caffeine consumption and infertility.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s12958-024-01261-3","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,7,31]],"date-time":"2024-07-31T12:14:34Z","timestamp":1722428074000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":11,"title":["Association between tea, coffee and caffeine consumption and risk of female infertility: a cross-sectional study"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"22","author":[{"given":"Hanzhi","family":"Zhang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sixu","family":"Qian","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jianlin","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jingfei","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,7,31]]},"reference":[{"key":"1261_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"2","DOI":"10.1016\/j.clinbiochem.2018.03.012","volume":"62","author":"M Vander Borght","year":"2018","unstructured":"Vander Borght M, Wyns C. 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