Association of coffee drinking with total and cause-specific mortality.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Coffee is one of the most widely consumed beverages, but the association between coffee consumption and the risk of death remains unclear.

Methods

We examined the association of coffee drinking with subsequent total and cause-specific mortality among 229,119 men and 173,141 women in the National Institutes of Health-AARP Diet and Health Study who were 50 to 71 years of age at baseline. Participants with cancer, heart disease, and stroke were excluded. Coffee consumption was assessed once at baseline.

Results

During 5,148,760 person-years of follow-up between 1995 and 2008, a total of 33,731 men and 18,784 women died. In age-adjusted models, the risk of death was increased among coffee drinkers. However, coffee drinkers were also more likely to smoke, and, a

SUBMITTER: Freedman ND 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3439152 | biostudies-literature | 2012 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature