TY - JOUR
T1 - Coffee consumption and mortality in the Chicago western electric company study
AU - Legrady, Dan
AU - Dyer, Alan R.
AU - Shekelle, Richard B.
AU - Stamler, Jeremiah
AU - Liu, Kiang
AU - Paul, Oglesby
AU - Lepper, Mark
AU - Shryock, Anne Macmillan
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Received for publication March 31, 1986, and in Reprint requests to Dr. Alan R. Dyer, Department final form May 11, 1987. of Community Health and Preventive Medicine, 1Department of Pharmacy Practice, Creighton Northwestern University Medical School, 303 E. Chi-University School of Pharmacy and Allied Health cago Avenue, Chicago, LL 60611. Professions, Omaha, NE. This research was supported by Grants CA38326 1 Department of Community Health and Preventive from the National Cancer Institute and HL21010 from Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. This Chicago, IL. research was performed while Dr. LeGrady was a 1 School of Public Health, The University of Texas Postdoctoral Fellow supported by Grant HLO7113 Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX. from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. 4 Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Univer-The authors thank the officere of the Western sity, Boston, MA. Electric Company for their long-term cooperation and 6Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, the following physicians of the Western Electric Chicago, EL. Health Study: Dre. Maurice Albala, Harry Bliss,
PY - 1987/11
Y1 - 1987/11
N2 - The relations between coffee consumption and 19-year mortality from all causes, coronary heart disease, and non-coronary causes were assessed in 1,910 white males aged 40-56 years in 1957-1958 from the Chicago Western Electric Company Study. Mortality rates, adjusted for age, serum cholesterol, diastolic blood pressure, and smoking status, were compared for those consum ing 0-1,2-3, 4-5, and 6+ cups of coffee per day; coffee intake, measured at the first anniversary examination, included both caffeinated and decaffeinated intake. Mortality from all causes was greatest in the highest and lowest intake groups. The Increased mortality in the 6+ cups per day group was due to coronary heart disease, while the increased mortality in the lowest intake group was due to noncoronary causes. The adjusted relative risk of coronary heart disease death for those drinking 6+ cups of coffee per day compared with those drinking less was 1.71 (95 per cent confidence limits 1.27, 2.30). This Increased risk of coronary heart disease death was present In both smokers and nonsmokers, with adjusted relative risks of 1.62 and 2.21, respectively (95 per cent confidence limits 1.17, 2.24 and 1.06, 4.62). The Increased mortality from non-coronary causes in the lowest intake group was due pnmarlly to increased mortality from cancer and cardiovascular diseases other than coronary heart disease. The results of this study support the hypothesis that those who drink 6+ cups of coffee per day may be at an increased risk of death from coronary heart disease.
AB - The relations between coffee consumption and 19-year mortality from all causes, coronary heart disease, and non-coronary causes were assessed in 1,910 white males aged 40-56 years in 1957-1958 from the Chicago Western Electric Company Study. Mortality rates, adjusted for age, serum cholesterol, diastolic blood pressure, and smoking status, were compared for those consum ing 0-1,2-3, 4-5, and 6+ cups of coffee per day; coffee intake, measured at the first anniversary examination, included both caffeinated and decaffeinated intake. Mortality from all causes was greatest in the highest and lowest intake groups. The Increased mortality in the 6+ cups per day group was due to coronary heart disease, while the increased mortality in the lowest intake group was due to noncoronary causes. The adjusted relative risk of coronary heart disease death for those drinking 6+ cups of coffee per day compared with those drinking less was 1.71 (95 per cent confidence limits 1.27, 2.30). This Increased risk of coronary heart disease death was present In both smokers and nonsmokers, with adjusted relative risks of 1.62 and 2.21, respectively (95 per cent confidence limits 1.17, 2.24 and 1.06, 4.62). The Increased mortality from non-coronary causes in the lowest intake group was due pnmarlly to increased mortality from cancer and cardiovascular diseases other than coronary heart disease. The results of this study support the hypothesis that those who drink 6+ cups of coffee per day may be at an increased risk of death from coronary heart disease.
KW - Coffee
KW - Coronary disease
KW - Mortality
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U2 - 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a114717
DO - 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a114717
M3 - Article
C2 - 3661528
AN - SCOPUS:0023201155
VL - 126
SP - 803
EP - 812
JO - American Journal of Epidemiology
JF - American Journal of Epidemiology
SN - 0002-9262
IS - 5
ER -