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© 1984 Oxford University Press

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Caffeine Consumption and Serum Cholesterol Levels

MEGAN J SHIRLOW* and COLIN D MATHERS{dagger}

*Department of Epidemiology, Commonwealth Institute of Health, The University of Sydney Sydney NSW 2006, Australia
{dagger}Division of Computing Research, CSIRO Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

Shirlow M J (Department of Epidemiology, Commonwealth Institute of Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia) and Mathers C D. Caffeine consumption and serum cholesterol levels. International Journal of Epidemiology 1984, 13: 422–427.

Caffeine consumption was significantly associated with serum cholesterol levels in women but not in men in a cross-sectional study of 4757 Australians. Use of caffeinated coffee by men, but not total caffeine consumption rate, was significantly associated with raised serum cholesterol. Potential confounding factors including age, adiposity and occupation were controlled for in this analysis.

After adjusting for age and adiposity, the mean serum cholesterol level was 11 mg/dl higher for women consuming 200 mg or more of caffeine per day compared with those consuming less. The relative risk of high serum cholesterol (> 260 mg/dl) was greater than 2 for women consuming 200 mg or more of caffeine per day.

A significant positive interaction between smoking and caffeine consumption in their association with serum cholesterol levels was found for females.


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