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Consumption of coffee is associated with reduced risk of death attributed to inflammatory and cardiovascular diseases in the Iowa Women’s Health Study

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Andersen, Lene Frost, Jacobs, David R, Carlsen, Monica H, Blomhoff, Rune·2006·The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

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Background Coffee is the major source of dietary antioxidants. The association between coffee consumption and risk of death from diseases associated with inflammatory or oxidative stress has not been studied.Objective We studied the relation of coffee drinking with total mortality and mortality attributed to cardiovascular disease, cancer, and other diseases with a major inflammatory component.Design A total of 41,836 postmenopausal women aged 55-69 y at baseline were followed for 15 y. After exclusions for cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, colitis, and liver cirrhosis at baseline, 27,312 participants remained, resulting in 410,235 person-years of follow-up and 4265 deaths. The major outcome measure was disease-specific mortality.Results In the fully adjusted model, similar to the relation of coffee intake to total mortality, the hazard ratio of death attributed to cardiovascular disease was 0.76 (95% CI: 0.64, 0.91) for consumption of 1-3 cups/d, 0.81 (95% CI: 0.66, 0.99) for 4-5 cups/d, and 0.87 (95% CI: 0.69, 1.09) for > or =6 cups/d. The hazard ratio for death from other inflammatory diseases was 0.72 (95% CI: 0.55, 0.93) for consumption of 1-3 cups/d, 0.67 (95% CI: 0.50, 0.90) for 4-5 cups/d, and 0.68 (95% CI: 0.49, 0.94) for > or =6 cups/d.Conclusions Consumption of coffee, a major source of dietary antioxidants, may inhibit inflammation and thereby reduce the risk of cardiovascular and other inflammatory diseases in postmenopausal women.

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Authors
Andersen, L. F., Jacobs, D. R., Carlsen, M. H., & Blomhoff, R.
Affiliations
  • University of Oslo (NO)
  • University of Minnesota (US)
Corresponding author
Jacobs, David R
Venue
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2006-05
Volume
83
Issue
5
Pages
1039-1046
ISSN
0002-9165 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2124557334
Cited by
262
References
39
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FWCI
10.86
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • UCLA - Biblioteca de Ciencias de la Salud (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Kreftforeningen
  • Norges Forskningsråd
  • National Cancer Institute (RO1 CA39742, CA-39742)
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, mortality, cardiovascular mortality, inflammatory diseases, dietary antioxidants, oxidative stress, postmenopausal women, disease-specific mortality, Iowa Women's Health Study
MeSH terms
Aged, Cardiovascular Diseases, Coffee, Female, Humans, Inflammation, Iowa, Middle Aged, Mortality, Neoplasms, Prospective Studies, Proportional Hazards Models, Women's Health, Postmenopause

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