Coffee, those drinking less than one cup per day were 9% less likely to die over 18.7 years

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Japanese who drank less than one cup of coffee per day were 9% less likely to die over the next 18.7 years compared to those who never drank coffee according to a recent study.

“We showed an inverse association between coffee intake and total mortality in both men and women,” the authors of the study concluded.

 

Conclusion

Conclusion: Habitual coffee intake is associated with a lower risk of death

“Coffee was inversely associated with mortality from heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, and respiratory disease,” they noted.

“With this prospective study, we suggest that the habitual intake of coffee is associated with lower risk of total mortality and 3 leading causes of death in Japan.”

Subjects

Subjects: 90,914 Japanese persons ages 40- to 69-years-old

“We studied 90,914 Japanese persons aged between 40 and 69 [years-old] without a history of cancer, cerebrovascular disease, or ischemic heart disease at the time of the baseline study,” the paper notes.

Subjects were followed for an average of 18.7 years.

Reference

Saito E, Inoue M, Sawada N, Shimazu T, Yamaji T, Iwasaki M, Sasazuki S, Noda M, Iso H, and Tsugane S. Association of coffee intake with total and cause-specific mortality in a Japanese population: the Japan Public Health Center-based Prospective Study. Am J Clin Nutr, 2015 May; 101(5): 1029-1037.

Author’s Contact Info

M. Inoue
Graduate School of Medicine
The University of Tokyo
7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku
Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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