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American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 128, No. 1: 124-136
Copyright © 1988 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health

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COFFEE CONSUMPTION AND SERUM CHOLESTEROL IN THE HYPERTENSION DETECTION AND FOLLOW-UP PROGRAM1

BARRY R. DAVIS1, J. DAVID CURB2, NEMAT O. BORHANI3, RONALD J. PRINEAS4, AGOSTINO MOLTENI5 and FOR THE HYPERTENSION DETECTION AND FOLLOW-UP PROGRAM COOPERATIVE GROUP

1University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health 1200 Herman Pressler, Suite 801, Houston, TX 77030
2National Institute on Aging Bethesda, MD
3University of California Davis, CA
4University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN
5Northwestern University Chicago, IL

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The relation between coffee consumption and serum cholesterol level was investigated in a group of 9,043 hypertensive adults who were in the Hypertension Detection and Follow-up Program. In this study, men and women aged 30–69 years at baseline (1973–1974) had their serum cholesterol level measured at the two-year examination (1975–1976). Information about coffee, tea, and cola consumption was also obtained at that time from a food frequency questionnaire. The relation of coffee consumption and serum cholesterol level with potentially confounding variables including age, race, sex, diuretic status, diastolic blood pressure, cigarette smoking, relative weight, physical activity, stress, and education level was examined. When these variables were entered into a multiple regression equation, a positive association with coffee consumption and serum cholesterol level (p < 0.05) was present. There was no significant relation between serum cholesterol level and consumption of tea, cola, or decaffeinated coffee—the other major contributors of caffeine to the diet—or total caffeine intake. This study indicates a significant positive relation between coffee consumption and serum cholesterol level.

caffeine; cardiovascular diseases; cholesterol; coffee; hypertension

1University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, 1200 Herman Pressler, Suite 801, Houston, TX 77030.


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