Post by Said1 on Nov 9, 2005 18:51:04 GMT -5
That's good. One less thing to worry about. ;D
Coffee drinking not linked with high blood pressure, hypertension
In contrast to the previous findings, habitual coffee drinking is not associated with an increased risk of high blood pressure (hypertension) in women. Rather, coffee drinking is linked with a slightly lower risk of hypertension, according to a study appearing in the Nov. 9 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
However, those who consume sugared or diet colas may have an elevated risk of hypertension compared to those who do not drink, the study finds.
The study by itself can’t tell whether coffee and cola have a causative effect on blood pressure. The findings result from statistical correlations, which may or may not reflect the real relation between coffee/colas and hypertension. Researchers do not know how to explain the discrepancy between drinking coffee and cola.
"We speculate that it is not caffeine but perhaps some other compound contained in soda-type soft drinks that may be responsible for the increased risk in hypertension. If these associations are causal, they may have considerable impact on public health," the researchers write
The findings are in sharp contrast with many previous studies. Other researchers have found and now the medical community seems to have widely accepted that coffee drinking increases both systolic and diastolic blood pressures although that does not mean a little increase in blood pressure will definitely cause hypertension in all individuals.
For example, Dr. Michael J. Klag and colleagues at Johns Hopkins published a study of 1017 white male students in the March 25 2002 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine. They found that consumption of one cup of coffee a day might raise systolic blood pressure by 0.19 and diastolic pressure by 0.27 after adjusting other possible risk factors during the 33-year follow-up.
Coffee drinkers had a greater incidence of hypertension during the follow-up compared with the non-coffee drinkers, 18.8 percent vs. 28.3 percent. Also, those who drank five or more cups of coffee a day were up to 1.6 times more likely to develop hypertension than non-coffee drinkers.
But, Dr. Klag said that the hypertension risk was small and the majority of coffee consumed by the subjects was percolated and unfiltered, meaning it contained more adverse factors. The coffee available today should be purer and have less negative effect on blood pressure.
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Coffee drinking not linked with high blood pressure, hypertension
In contrast to the previous findings, habitual coffee drinking is not associated with an increased risk of high blood pressure (hypertension) in women. Rather, coffee drinking is linked with a slightly lower risk of hypertension, according to a study appearing in the Nov. 9 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
However, those who consume sugared or diet colas may have an elevated risk of hypertension compared to those who do not drink, the study finds.
The study by itself can’t tell whether coffee and cola have a causative effect on blood pressure. The findings result from statistical correlations, which may or may not reflect the real relation between coffee/colas and hypertension. Researchers do not know how to explain the discrepancy between drinking coffee and cola.
"We speculate that it is not caffeine but perhaps some other compound contained in soda-type soft drinks that may be responsible for the increased risk in hypertension. If these associations are causal, they may have considerable impact on public health," the researchers write
The findings are in sharp contrast with many previous studies. Other researchers have found and now the medical community seems to have widely accepted that coffee drinking increases both systolic and diastolic blood pressures although that does not mean a little increase in blood pressure will definitely cause hypertension in all individuals.
For example, Dr. Michael J. Klag and colleagues at Johns Hopkins published a study of 1017 white male students in the March 25 2002 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine. They found that consumption of one cup of coffee a day might raise systolic blood pressure by 0.19 and diastolic pressure by 0.27 after adjusting other possible risk factors during the 33-year follow-up.
Coffee drinkers had a greater incidence of hypertension during the follow-up compared with the non-coffee drinkers, 18.8 percent vs. 28.3 percent. Also, those who drank five or more cups of coffee a day were up to 1.6 times more likely to develop hypertension than non-coffee drinkers.
But, Dr. Klag said that the hypertension risk was small and the majority of coffee consumed by the subjects was percolated and unfiltered, meaning it contained more adverse factors. The coffee available today should be purer and have less negative effect on blood pressure.
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