Coffee drinking and mortality in 10 European countries: a multinational cohort study

A new study coordinated by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and published today in Annals of Internal Medicine examines whether coffee consumption is associated with all-cause and cause-specific mortality. Based on the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohort, the research included more than 521 300 participants from 10 European countries and is the largest analysis of coffee consumption and mortality currently available. The results suggest that higher levels of coffee drinking are associated with lower risk of death from various causes, and in particular digestive and circulatory diseases.

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, [Epub ahead of print 11 July 2017] doi: 10.7326/M16-2945

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