Coffee consumption and heart disease
Epidemiological studies have not yet clarified whether coffee consumption is a risk factor for coronary artery disease. Framingham study assessed the survey data on coffee consumption in relation to age, blood pressure and total cholesterol with regard to impact on coronary heart disease. The analysis did not show any association between coffee consumption and the presence of atherosclerosis. Moreover, there was no demonstrable relationship between coffee intake and subsequent coronary events in patients with coronary heart disease. The effects of coffee intake on cholesterol were gender dependent: an inverse correlation with total cholesterol and with LDL in men and a positive correlation with each of these cholesterol values in women.
