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Potential mechanisms

The precise mechanisms to explain the suggested association between coffee consumption and reduced overall mortality risk are currently unknown, and research is ongoing to understand this area in more detail.

However, a number of hypotheses exist and have considered roles for specific coffee constituents, including caffeine, cafestol and kahweol, as well as some of the phyto-chemicals found in coffee^1,8,11,12.

Coffee consumption and disease specific mortality

References

Potential mechanisms

Latest research

Association of daily sitting time and coffee consumption with the risk of all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality among US adults,

H Zhou et al, 2024. Association of daily sitting time and coffee consumption with the risk of all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality among US adults, BMC Public Health

Coffee consumption and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in older adults: should we consider cognitive function?

F Lin et al, 2023. Coffee consumption and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in older adults: should we consider cognitive function? Frontiers in Nutrition.

Meal timing of dietary total antioxidant capacity and its association with all-cause, CVD and cancer mortality: the US national health and nutrition examination survey, 1999-2018

P Wang et al, 2023. Meal timing of dietary total antioxidant capacity and its association with all-cause, CVD and cancer mortality: the US national health and nutrition examination survey, 1999-2018, Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act, Volume 20 (1).

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Coffee, caffeine, mortality and life expectancy

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