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Senior Citizens Drinking Lots of Caffeine Lower Risk
of Heart Disease Death
No significant protective effect in patients below
the age of 65
 Feb. 23, 2007 It's news about health that most
senior citizens like to hear it's more good news about coffee. The
regular drinking of caffeinated beverages by senior citizens persons
age 65 and older appears to protect them from heart disease and death,
says a new study.
"The protection against death from heart disease in
the elderly afforded by caffeine is likely due to caffeine's enhancement
of blood pressure," says John Kassotis, MD, associate professor of
medicine at SUNY Downstate Medical Center. The researchers were from the
medical center and Brooklyn College.
Using data from the first federal National Health
and Nutrition Examination Survey Epidemiologic Follow-up Study, the
researchers found that survey participants 65 or more years old with
higher caffeinated beverage intake exhibited lower relative risk of
coronary vascular disease and heart mortality than did participants with
lower caffeinated beverage intake.
The protective effect also was found to be
dose-responsive: the higher the caffeine intake the stronger the
protection. But, the protective effect was found only in participants
who were not severely hypertensive.
Interestingly, the study found no significant
protective effect was in patients below the age of 65.
They also failed to find any protective effect
against cerebrovascular disease mortality death from stroke
regardless of age.
Caffeine is the most widely used drug in the world
and contributing factors to its widespread use are that it is legal and
easy to obtain. This physically addictive stimulant, produced by plants,
is found in coffee, tea, soft drinks and dark chocolate.
In North America, 90 percent of adults consume
caffeine daily, according to Wikipedia. The U.S. Food and Drug
Administration lists caffeine as a "Multiple Purpose GRAS (Generally
Recognized As Safe) Food Substance".
Editor's Notes:
This research was published by The American Journal
of Clinical Nutrition in its February 2007 issue.
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