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Occasional coffee increases heart attack risk: Study |
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Skip this if you are heavy coffee drinker. Read on if an occasional cuppa perks you up. A study conducted by the department of community health, Brown University, in association with the Harvard School of Public Health, University of Alabama and Universidad de Costa Rica has found that coffee intake may trigger heart attack. The study, published in the September issue of Epidemiology, found that the association is particularly strong among people with light/occasional intake of coffee, a sedentary lifestyle and three or more cardiac risk factors. |
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The study was done in 503 subjects in Costa Rica, of which, 80 reported having at least one cup of coffee in the hour before the onset of myocardial infarction (heart attack). The data showed a circadian rhythm in response to the risk peaking around 9 in the morning – the time when many people have the day’s first beverage. |
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The study was done in 503 subjects in Costa Rica, of which, 80 reported having at least one cup of coffee in the hour before the onset of myocardial infarction (heart attack). The data showed a circadian rhythm in response to the risk peaking around 9 in the morning – the time when many people have the day’s first beverage.The effect on blood pressure is stronger among persons who do not consume coffee on a regular basis… probably caused by the development of tolerance to caffeine among regular drinkers,” the study says. |
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• The study, published in the September issue of Epidemiology, found that coffee intake may trigger heart attack. |
• The association is strong among people with light/occasional intake of coffee, a sedentary lifestyle and three or more cardiac risk factors. |
• The effect could be because of the transient effect coffee has on blood pressure and subsequent release of catecholamines in blood plasma. |
• 2-3 cups of coffee increase systolic blood pressure by 3-14 mm Hg and diastolic blood pressure by 2-13 mm Hg in people who do not have a blood pressure problem. |
• Women were found to be at slightly more risk than men, but that could be because many more women than men were occasional drinkers. |
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