According to the latest research reported at the 2021 ESC Congress, drinking a moderate amount of coffee, which is three cups a day, is linked to reduced risks of critical heart diseases and stroke.
The authors of this report studied data gathered from 468,629 subjects from the study of UK Biobank. 55 percent of these participants were females, of an average 56 years of age. None of the participants showed any symptoms of heart-related diseases when they were recruited.
The period of median follow-up was kept at 11 years.
Judit Simon, MD, Heart and Vascular Centre, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary, in her prepared statement wrote, “As per our knowledge, this can be called the largest research to assess the effects of daily coffee consumption on cardiovascular health in a population having no reported heart condition.”
Participants of the study were divided into 3 distinct groups depending on their habit of coffee consumption. There were non-coffee lovers, light to moderate coffee consumers who drink 0.5 to 3 small cups of coffee a day, and coffee addicts who drink over 3 cups of coffee a day.
Overall, when compared to those who do not drink coffee at all, light to moderate coffee consumption is linked to 12 percent reduced risk of mortality due to all causes, 17 percent reduced mortality risk from heart diseases, and 21 percent reduced risks of stroke.
The study also looked into how everyday coffee drinking can affect the structure as well as the function of the heart over the median follow-up, which is 11 years.
This data was inferred from the cardiac MRI scan reports of 30,650 participants.
Simon also said, “This imaging analysis indicates that when compared with all non-coffee drinker participants, daily coffee drinkers had a much healthier sized heart that functioned better. This was also consistent with retrogressive the negative effects of an ailing and aging heart.”
Reviewing the findings of the team, Simon also concluded that drinking a minimum of three cups per day is “related to positive cardiovascular outcomes.”
“Whereas further research is needed to explain this underlying mechanism, the pragmatic benefits may be partially explained by helpful alterations in the overall cardiac structure as well as functions.”
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