Coffee consumption and coronary artery calcium in young and middle-aged asymptomatic adults

Choi Y 1 , Chang Y 2 , Ryu S 2 , Cho J 3 , Rampal S 4 , Zhang Y 5 Show all authors , Ahn J 1 , Lima JA 6 , Shin H 7 , Guallar E 5

Affiliations 

  • 1 Center for Cohort Studies, Total Healthcare Screening Center, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University, School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
  • 2 Center for Cohort Studies, Total Healthcare Screening Center, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University, School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University, School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea Department of Clinical Research Design and Evaluation, SAIHST, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
  • 3 Center for Cohort Studies, Total Healthcare Screening Center, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University, School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea Department of Health Sciences and Technology, SAIHST, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Republic of Korea Departments of Epidemiology and Medicine, and Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
  • 4 Departments of Epidemiology and Medicine, and Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Julius Centre University of Malaya, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 5 Departments of Epidemiology and Medicine, and Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
  • 6 Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
  • 7 Center for Cohort Studies, Total Healthcare Screening Center, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University, School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea Department of Family Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Heart, 2015 May;101(9):686-91.
PMID: 25732752 DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2014-306663

Abstract

To investigate the association between regular coffee consumption and the prevalence of coronary artery calcium (CAC) in a large sample of young and middle-aged asymptomatic men and women.

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