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Coffee consumption and risk of coronary heart diseases: A meta-analysis of 21 prospective cohort studies

Wu, Jiang-nan, Ho, Suzanne C, Zhou, Chun, Ling, Wen-hua, Chen, Wei-qing, Wang, Cui-ling, Chen, Yu-ming·2009·International Journal of Cardiology

Abstract

Background A large amount of cohort studies addressed coffee consumption and risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) and yielded inconsistent results. We conducted a meta-analysis to estimate the pooling effects.Methods We searched for all published English articles indexed in MEDLINE or PubMed from January 1966 to January 2008. Twenty-one independent prospective cohort studies, which tested CHD risk by coffee consumption, were identified. A general variance-based method was used to pool the relative risks (RR). 15,599 cases from 407,806 participants were included in pooling the overall effects.Results As compared to the light coffee consumption (<1 cup/d in US or <or=2 cups/d in Europe), under the random-effects model, the pooled CHD RRs (95% CI) for all studies combined were 0.96 (0.87-1.06), 1.04 (0.92-1.17) and 1.07 (0.87-1.32) for the moderate (1-3 or 3-4 cups/d), heavy (4-5 or 5-6 cups/d) and very heavy (>or=6 or >or=7 cups/d) categories of coffee consumption (all p>0.05); Moderate coffee consumption showed significantly lower CHD RR (95% CI) of 0.82 (0.73-0.92) (p<0.001) in women, and of 0.87 (0.80-0.86) (p=0.001) in men and women followed <or=10 years.Conclusion Our findings do not support the hypothesis that coffee consumption increases the long-term risk of coronary heart disease. Habitual moderate coffee drinking was associated with a lower risk of CHD in women.

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Authors
Wu, J.-N., Ho, S. C., Zhou, C., Ling, W.-H., Chen, W.-Q., Wang, C.-L., & Chen, Y.-M.
Affiliations
  • Sun Yat-sen University (CN)
  • Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK)
Corresponding author
Chen, Yu-ming
Venue
International Journal of Cardiology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2009-11
Volume
137
Issue
3
Pages
216-225
ISSN
0167-5273 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2036378061
Cited by
185
References
69
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FWCI
0.86
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • International Journal of Cardiology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Coffee research and impacts
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
Keywords
coffee consumption, coronary artery disease, cardiovascular risk, sex differences, pooled relative risk, prospective cohort
MeSH terms
Caffeine, Coffee, Coronary Disease, Europe, Female, Humans, Male, Prospective Studies, Risk, Sex Factors, United States, Confidence Intervals, Least-Squares Analysis

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