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Inverse Association of Coffee with Liver Cancer Development: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

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Bhurwal, Abhishek, Ratta, Puru, Yoshitake, Sho, Pioppo, Lauren, Reja, Debashish, Dellatore, Peter, Rustgi, Vinod·2020·Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases

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Background and Aims: Coffee consumption has been suggested to reduce the risk for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). While several studies report inverse correlation with coffee drinking, others have suggested more than 2 cups of coffee every day decrease the risk of liver cancer or HCC. However, controversy exists about the exact dose that would provide protective benefit. Therefore, we aimed to carry out a systematic review and meta-analysis of all studies that investigated the association of coffee consumption and risk of HCC and/or liver cancer. Our outcomes were the evaluation of the association of coffee with HCC or liver cancer development along with the amount of coffee needed to prevent HCC or liver cancer. Methods: We performed a PubMed/MEDLINE/EMBASE/Ovid/Google Scholar search of original articles published in English from 1996 to June 2019, on case-control or cohort or prospective studies that associated coffee with liver cancer or HCC. We calculated the relative risk (RR) of the two conditions for coffee drinking and then stratified this into increments of one cup of coffee per day. Twenty studies were identified. The analysis was performed using random effects models from the methods of DerSimonian and Laird with inverse variance weighting. The Cochrane Q and the I 2 statistics were calculated to assess heterogeneity between studies. A p<0.10 value for chi-square test and I 2 <20% were interpreted as low-level heterogeneity. Probability of publication bias was assessed using funnel plots and with the Egger’s test. Results: The overall RR was 0.69 (95%CI 0.56-0.85; p<0.001) with significant heterogeneity between the studies. We performed subgroup analysis over the increments of 1 cup of coffee. Higher doses of coffee consumption were associated with a significant decrease in the risk of developing HCC or liver cancer. The funnel plot did not show significant publication bias. Conclusions: Our systematic review and meta-analysis suggests that drinking coffee provides benefits with a reduction in the risk of HCC or liver cancer. Higher doses of coffee have higher benefits in terms of risk reduction. However, further biological and epidemiological studies are required to determine the exact mechanism and to study specific subgroups such as viral hepatitis B or C related HCC.

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  • In prospective observational studies, coffee consumption was inversely related to death from chronic liver disease and HCC.

    “In addition, in prospective observational studies, coffee consumption was inversely related to death from chronic liver disease and HCC. 341,342”

    From EASL-EASD-EASO Clinical Practice Guidelines on the management of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD). (2024) · cites this paper as [342]

    The Results and Conclusions report an inverse association between coffee consumption and HCC development, drawing in part on prospective cohort studies. They do not report an association with death from HCC or chronic liver disease; the outcome analyzed is cancer development, not mortality. (LLM, conf=0.85)

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Authors
Bhurwal, A., Ratta, P., Yoshitake, S., Pioppo, L., Reja, D., Dellatore, P., & Rustgi, V.
Affiliations
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
Venue
Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases
Published
2020-09-09
Volume
29
Issue
3
Pages
421-428
ISSN
  • 1221-4167 (ISSN-L)
  • 1842-1121
  • 1841-8724
OpenAlex
W3080115097
Cited by
61
References
56
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 16 · 2024: 13 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 8
FWCI
0.95
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Coffee research and impacts
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Hepatology › Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
Keywords
coffee consumption, hepatocellular carcinoma, liver cancer, cancer risk reduction, dose-response relationship, liver cancer prevention
MeSH terms
Coffee, Carcinoma, Hepatocellular, Humans, Liver Neoplasms, Risk Factors, Risk Assessment, Protective Factors

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