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American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 139, No. 7: 723-727
Copyright © 1994 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health

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Coffee and Serum Gamma-glutamyltransferase: A Study of Self-Defense Officials in Japan

Suminori Kono1,, Koichi Shinchi2, Isao Todoroki1 and Kazuo Hatsuse3

1Department of Public Health National Defense Medical College Tokorozawa Saitama Japan
2Self-Forces Fukuoka Hospital Kasugashi Fukuoka Japan
3Department of Surgery National Defense Medical College Tokorozawa Saitama Japan

Reprint requests to Dr. S. Kono, Department of Public Health, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama 359, Japan

The relation of coffee drinking and other behavioral factors to serum gammaglutamyltransferase (GGT) was examined in 2,494 male self-defense officials aged 48–56 years, who received a retirement health examination at the Self-Defense Forces Fukuoka Hospital between October 1986 and December 1990. Coffee, but not green tea, consumption was inversely related to serum GGT independently of body mass index, alcohol use, and smoking. All of the latter variables were also independently and positively associated with serum GGT. Lower levels of serum GGT associated with coffee drinking were more evident among heavier alcohol drinkers and also among heavier smokers. The findings suggest that coffee may inhibit the inducing effects of alcohol and possibly of smoking upon GGT in the liver.

alcohol drinking; coffee; gamma-glutamyltransferase; obesity; smoking


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