Coffee Drinking and Mortality in 10 European Countries
Authors: Miguel Cainzos-Achirica, Manel Pladevall-Vila, Usama Bilal
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2018)

Letters6 March 2018Coffee Drinking and Mortality in 10 European CountriesMiguel Cainzos-Achirica, MD, MPH, Manel Pladevall-Vila, MD, MS, and Usama Bilal, MD, MPH, PhDMiguel Cainzos-Achirica, MD, MPHJohns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland (M.C.)Search for more papers by this author, Manel Pladevall-Vila, MD, MSRTI Health Solutions, Barcelona, Spain (M.P.)Search for more papers by this author, and Usama Bilal, MD, MPH, PhDDrexel Dornsife School of Public Health, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (U.B.)Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/L17-0687 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:We believe that there are 2 potential threats to the validity of Gunter and colleagues' (1) and Park and associates' (2) studies. Daily coffee intake usually begins at approximately 20 years of age in the context of adult student life or incorporation into the job market. Nevertheless, the median age at baseline in both studies was older than 50 years. Persons from the source populations may thus have been exposed to coffee for a median of 30 years before study entry. This prevalent user design may have allowed for a decrease in the number of susceptible persons ...References1. Gunter MJ, Murphy N, Cross AJ, Dossus L, Dartois L, Fagherazzi G, et al. Coffee drinking and mortality in 10 European countries: a multinational cohort study. Ann Intern Med. 2017;167:236-47. [PMID: 28693038]. doi:10.7326/M16-2945 LinkGoogle Scholar2. Park SY, Freedman ND, Haiman CA, Le Marchand L, Wilkens LR, Setiawan VW. Association of coffee consumption with total and cause-specific mortality among nonwhite populations. Ann Intern Med. 2017;167:228-35. [PMID: 28693036]. doi:10.7326/M16-2472 LinkGoogle Scholar3. Danaei G, Tavakkoli M, Hernán MA. Bias in observational studies of prevalent users: lessons for comparative effectiveness research from a meta-analysis of statins. Am J Epidemiol. 2012;175:250-62. [PMID: 22223710] doi:10.1093/aje/kwr301 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. Klag MJ, Mead LA, LaCroix AZ, Wang NY, Coresh J, Liang KY, et al. Coffee intake and coronary heart disease. Ann Epidemiol. 1994;4:425-33. [PMID: 7804496] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. Galea S, Tracy M, Hoggatt KJ, Dimaggio C, Karpati A. Estimated deaths attributable to social factors in the United States. Am J Public Health. 2011;101:1456-65. [PMID: 21680937] doi:10.2105/AJPH.2010.300086 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland (M.C.)RTI Health Solutions, Barcelona, Spain (M.P.)Drexel Dornsife School of Public Health, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (U.B.)Disclosures: Disclosures can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=L17-0687. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoCoffee Drinking and Mortality in 10 European Countries Marc J. Gunter , Neil Murphy , Amanda J. Cross , Laure Dossus , Laureen Dartois , Guy Fagherazzi , Rudolf Kaaks , Tilman Kühn , Heiner Boeing , Krasimira Aleksandrova , Anne Tjønneland , Anja Olsen , Kim Overvad , Sofus Christian Larsen , Maria Luisa Redondo Cornejo , Antonio Agudo , María José Sánchez Pérez , Jone M. Altzibar , Carmen Navarro , Eva Ardanaz , Kay-Tee Khaw , Adam Butterworth , Kathryn E. Bradbury , Antonia Trichopoulou , Pagona Lagiou , Dimitrios Trichopoulos , Domenico Palli , Sara Grioni , Paolo Vineis , Salvatore Panico , Rosario Tumino , Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita , Peter Siersema , Max Leenders , Joline W.J. Beulens , Cuno U. Uiterwaal , Peter Wallström , Lena Maria Nilsson , Rikard Landberg , Elisabete Weiderpass , Guri Skeie , Tonje Braaten , Paul Brennan , Idlir Licaj , David C. Muller , Rashmi Sinha , Nick Wareham , and Elio Riboli Coffee Drinking and Mortality in 10 European Countries Mika Kivimaki and Jane E. Ferrie Coffee Drinking and Mortality in 10 European Countries Marc J. Gunter , Neil Murphy , David C. Muller , and Elio Riboli Metrics 6 March 2018Volume 168, Issue 5Page: 379-380KeywordsBehaviorCoffeeDisclosureHazard ratioMedical risk factorsMortalityPharmacoepidemiologyPopulation statisticsRandomized trialsSocioeconomic status ePublished: 6 March 2018 Issue Published: 6 March 2018 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2018 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...