Coffee Consumption May Mitigate the Risk for Acute Kidney Injury: Results From the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Coffee is one of the most frequently consumed beverages worldwide and has been found to have a wide assortment of health benefits. Although habitual coffee consumption is associated with a lower incidence of chronic kidney disease, an association between coffee and acute kidney injury (AKI) has not yet been revealed.

Methods

In the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study, a prospective cohort study of 14,207 adults aged 45 to 64 years, coffee consumption (cups/d) was assessed at a single visit via food frequency questionnaires and compared with incident AKI defined by hospitalization with an AKI-related International Classification of Diseases code.

Results

In ARIC, there were 1694 cases of incident AKI in a median of 24 follow-up years. Higher c

SUBMITTER: Tommerdahl KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9263223 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature