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agoodwinsmith ([personal profile] agoodwinsmith) wrote2021-02-10 11:48 pm
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Coffee and the Heart

Through Andrew Ducker's list, I found this:
https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.119.006799

A meta analysis of previous longitudinal studies. "We investigated the diet domain in FHS (Framingham Heart Study), CHS (Cardiovascular Heart Study), and the ARIC study (Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities) to identify potential lifestyle and behavioral factors associated with coronary heart disease, HF, and stroke."

"Increasing caffeinated coffee consumption was found to be significantly associated with reduced risk of HF .... but not stroke." HF = heart failure

"Decaffeinated coffee consumption was significantly associated with increased risk of HF ..."

"All three studies showed a concordant inverse relationship between caffeine intake in 100-mg doses (1 cup coffee or 2 cups black tea) and risk of HF."

Definition from:

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/heart-failure/symptoms-causes/syc-20373142

"Heart failure, sometimes known as congestive heart failure, occurs when your heart muscle doesn't pump blood as well as it should. Certain conditions, such as narrowed arteries in your heart (coronary artery disease) or high blood pressure, gradually leave your heart too weak or stiff to fill and pump efficiently."
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[personal profile] sabotabby 2021-02-11 01:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Cool. Most of the people die in my family from heart failure and my mum and I both drink a bucketload of coffee.