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posted by CoolHand on Friday July 14 2017, @09:23PM   Printer-friendly
from the java-chugging dept.

Studies Suggest Healthy Adults Drink More Coffee when they Live Longer

Drinking coffee could lead to a longer life, scientist says

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

Here's another reason to start the day with a cup of joe: Scientists have found that people who drink coffee appear to live longer.

Drinking coffee was associated with a lower risk of death due to heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, and respiratory and kidney disease for African-Americans, Japanese-Americans, Latinos and whites.

People who consumed a cup of coffee a day were 12 percent less likely to die compared to those who didn't drink coffee. This association was even stronger for those who drank two to three cups a day -- 18 percent reduced chance of death.

Lower mortality was present regardless of whether people drank regular or decaffeinated coffee, suggesting the association is not tied to caffeine, said Veronica W. Setiawan, lead author of the study and an associate professor of preventive medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC.

"We cannot say drinking coffee will prolong your life, but we see an association," Setiawan said. "If you like to drink coffee, drink up! If you're not a coffee drinker, then you need to consider if you should start."

The study, which will be published in the July 11 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine, used data from the Multiethnic Cohort Study, a collaborative effort between the University of Hawaii Cancer Center and the Keck School of Medicine.

-- submitted from IRC

Two studies showed a link between coffee-drinking and a propensity toward longevity, but stopped short of proving cause and effect. [...] one downside to the research is the fact that many people stop drinking coffee -- or drink less of it -- when they are ill, a "bias that is very hard to fully overcome."


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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 14 2017, @09:31PM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 14 2017, @09:31PM (#539344)

    "we see an association" , "drinking coffee", "living longer"

    Yeah right, you guys here know the drill well enough. So let's try it: "Living longer makes you drink more coffee"

    WHOOAAA !!!!

    No shit, sherlock! Who'd have thought it, now this is totally SURPRISING !!!

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  • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 14 2017, @09:34PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 14 2017, @09:34PM (#539346)

    > Studies Suggest Healthy Adults Drink More Coffee when they Live Longer

    Assuming a constant number of cups per day, of course they drink more if they live longer...

  • (Score: 3, Funny) by Immerman on Saturday July 15 2017, @12:57AM (3 children)

    by Immerman (3985) on Saturday July 15 2017, @12:57AM (#539418)

    Indeed. And missing an important piece of information too:
      >People who consumed a cup of coffee a day were 12 percent less likely to die compared to those who didn't drink coffee

    On what timescale? Last I heard the probability of death was holding steady at 100%...

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 15 2017, @12:43PM (2 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 15 2017, @12:43PM (#539526)

      94% and falling actually.

      • (Score: 2) by Immerman on Saturday July 15 2017, @01:29PM

        by Immerman (3985) on Saturday July 15 2017, @01:29PM (#539535)

        That's a statistical fluke of exponential population growth - and even then it's a completely arbitrary number based on drawing a completely arbitrary line across our ancestral tree and only counting those individuals born after a certain point. We have around 3 billion years worth of single-celled ancestors before we even evolved multicellularism - all our multicellular ancestors combined are a statistical blip in the face of that.

        We can start arguing about a non-100% death-rate when we start seeing individuals with an actual theoretical chance at immortality using existing techniques - until then it's just denial of the inevitable. And actually afterwards too -even if someone manages to avoid the infinitude of possibilities for accidental or intentional death, it seems unlikely they'll be able to beat the heat-death of the universe. But hey, a few billion years of life should be enough for anyone.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 15 2017, @01:59PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 15 2017, @01:59PM (#539548)

        Don't worry, the republican health care plans will turn that back around.