Coffee Drinking and Mortality in 10 European Countries
Authors: Marc J. Gunter, Neil Murphy, David C. Muller, Elio Riboli
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2018)

Letters6 March 2018Coffee Drinking and Mortality in 10 European CountriesMarc J. Gunter, PhD, Neil Murphy, PhD, David C. Muller, PhD, and Elio Riboli, MD, ScMMarc J. Gunter, PhDInternational Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France (M.J.G., N.M.)Search for more papers by this author, Neil Murphy, PhDInternational Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France (M.J.G., N.M.)Search for more papers by this author, David C. Muller, PhDImperial College London, London, United Kingdom (D.C.M., E.R.)Search for more papers by this author, and Elio Riboli, MD, ScMImperial College London, London, United Kingdom (D.C.M., E.R.)Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/L17-0689 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail IN RESPONSE:We agree that the results of our analysis do not provide evidence for a causal relationship between coffee drinking and reduced risk for all-cause and cause-specific mortality. We unfortunately cannot control hyperbole generated by the lay press, although we made every effort to stress the limitations of observational analyses in our interactions with journalists. As suggested, a clinical trial could provide more definitive evidence on whether coffee drinking directly affects health, and we welcome such an initiative.Dr. Cainzos-Achirica and colleagues and Drs. Kivimaki and Ferrie suggest that residual confounding by SES may have contributed to the observed ...References1. Gallo V, Mackenbach JP, Ezzati M, Menvielle G, Kunst AE, Rohrmann S, et al. Social inequalities and mortality in Europe—results from a large multi-national cohort. PLoS One. 2012;7:e39013. [PMID: 22848347] doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0039013 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. Freedman ND, Park Y, Abnet CC, Hollenbeck AR, Sinha R. Association of coffee drinking with total and cause-specific mortality. N Engl J Med. 2012;366:1891-904. [PMID: 22591295] doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1112010 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Ding M, Satija A, Bhupathiraju SN, Hu Y, Sun Q, Han J, et al. Association of coffee consumption with total and cause-specific mortality in 3 large prospective cohorts. 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[PMID: 25762807] doi:10.3945/ajcn.114.104273 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France (M.J.G., N.M.)Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom (D.C.M., E.R.)Disclosures: Disclosures can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=M16-2945. 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. 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Ferrie Metrics Cited byAssociation Between Coffee Consumption and Incident Atrial Fibrillation (from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis [MESA])Clinical nurse specialists and survival in patients with cancer: the UK National Cancer Experience SurveyThe association between coffee consumption and periodontitis: a cross-sectional study of a northern German population 6 March 2018Volume 168, Issue 5Page: 380-381KeywordsBiomarkersClinical trialsCoffeeDeath ratesDisclosureHabitsMortalityNutritionSocioeconomic status ePublished: 6 March 2018 Issue Published: 6 March 2018 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2018 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...