Hot drinks
Intervention1 paper2 findings
C · W · M · H: cells, worms or flies, mice, humans. Dark: independent labs found the same change there. Light: one lab or one study. Outline: nothing yet.
Labs are independent when their papers share no last author and no institution.
Against: findings that point the other way from most findings on the same outcome.
No results posted: trials that ended more than a year ago with no results on ClinicalTrials.gov and no paper in ARN’s record.
Company ties: findings with an author at a company, or from a paper that declares the maker’s interest.
Funders: Cancer Research UK and 2 more
- Humans1
Associations
2Oesophageal adenocarcinoma
no changein humans1RR 0.92
1 study
Oesophageal adenocarcinoma
no changein humans1RR 0.92
Hot drinks are associated with oesophageal adenocarcinoma in humans (RR 0.92, 95% CI 0.76-1.12).
Humansn = 977,282
Hot Drinks and Oesophageal Cancer: Prospective Analyses in Around 1 Million UK Adults · International journal of cancer · 8 Sep 2026
Oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma
upin humans1RR 3.17
1 study
Oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma
upin humans1RR 3.17
Hot drinks raise the risk of oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma in humans (RR 3.17, 95% CI 2.49-4.03).
Humansn = 977,282
Hot Drinks and Oesophageal Cancer: Prospective Analyses in Around 1 Million UK Adults · International journal of cancer · 8 Sep 2026