Fig. 3

Estimates of participants’ cumulative survival time from the age of 50 and beyond, considering various levels of tea consumption, in White, Black and Mexican participants. A, C and E, Life expectancy at age 50 according to tea consumption levels in White (A), Black (C), or in Mexican (E). B, D and F, years of life gained from ‘<1 cup/day’, ‘1 to < 3 cups/day’, ‘3 to < 5 cups/day’ and ‘≥5 cups/day’ versus non-drinking group from 50 to 100 years of age, in White (B), Black (D) or Mexican (D). All results were estimated with weighting and adjustment for sex (male and female), age, education (< high school, high school and > high school), marital status (married, unmarried and other), family income (poverty, moderate, and rich), smoking status (never, former, and now), dietary intake (coffee, alcohol, fruits, vegetables, grains, dairy, protein foods, and energy intake) and medical insurance (covered and not covered). Due to the lack of mortality rate data for other races, their corresponding results were not estimated