Coffee consumption and mortality in three Eastern European countries: results from the HAPIEE (Health, Alcohol and Psychosocial factors In Eastern Europe) study. Issue 1 (14th July 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Grosso, Giuseppe; Stepaniak, Urszula; Micek, Agnieszka; Stefler, Denes; Bobak, Martin; Pajak, Andrzej
• Is Part Of: Public health nutrition. Volume 20:Issue 1(2017)
• Page Start: 82
• Page End: 91
• Publication Date: 2016-07-14
• Subjects: Coffee, -- Mortality, -- Europe, -- Cohort, -- Prospective; Nutrition -- Periodicals; Nutrition policy -- Periodicals; Public health -- Periodicals; 613.2
• DOI: 10.1017/S1368980016001749
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1368-9800

Abstract

Abstract: Objective: To test the association between coffee consumption and risk of all-cause, CVD and cancer death in a European cohort. Design: Prospective cohort study. Cox proportional hazards models with adjustment for potential confounders to estimate multivariable hazard ratios (HR) and 95 % CI were used. Setting: Czech Republic, Russia and Poland. Subjects: A total of 28561 individuals followed for 6·1 years. Results: A total of 2121 deaths (43·1 % CVD and 35·7 % cancer mortality) occurred during the follow-up. Consumption of 3–4 cups coffee/d was associated with lower mortality risk in men (HR=0·83; 95 % CI 0·71, 0·99) and women (HR=0·63; 95 % CI 0·47, 0·84), while further intake showed non-significant reduced risk estimates (HR=0·71; 95 % CI 0·49, 1·04 and HR=0·51; 95 % CI 0·24, 1·10 in men and women, respectively). Decreased risk of CVD mortality was also found in men (HR=0·71; 95 % CI 0·54, 0·93) for consumption of 3–4 cups coffee/d. Stratified analysis revealed that consumption of a similar amount of coffee was associated with decreased risk of all-cause (HR=0·61; 95 % CI 0·43, 0·87) and cancer mortality (HR=0·59; 95 % CI 0·35, 0·99) in non-smoking women and decreased risk of all-cause mortality for >4 cups coffee/d in men with no/moderate alcohol intake. Conclusions: Coffee consumption was associated with decreased risk of mortality. The protective effect was even stronger when stratification by smoking status and alcohol intake was performed.