title: Coffee and serum lipids: findings from the Olivetti Heart Study.
abstract: The relationship between coffee consumption and blood lipids was analyzed in a sample of 900 male workers of southern Italy participating in the Olivetti Heart Study. In the univariate analysis, coffee drinkers (n = 856) had higher values for body mass index (P < or = 0.05) and number of cigarettes smoked per day (P < or = 0.001) and lower levels of serum high-density-lipoprotein cholesterol (P < or = 0.05), compared to noncoffee drinkers (n = 44). In addition, coffee consumption (cups/d) was positively related to serum triglyceride levels (r = 0.105, P < or = 0.01) and cigarette smoking (r = 0.491, P < or = 0.01), and was inversely related to age (r = -0.122, P < or = 0.01). After multivariate adjustment, coffee consumption remained significantly related to age, cigarette smoking, and body mass index (data not shown). After stratification for smoking status, a significant positive linear trend between coffee consumption and serum total cholesterol was observed only in smokers. No significant trend was observed for serum triglycerides and high-density-lipoprotein cholesterol with coffee intake according to smoking status. This finding suggests that the relationship between coffee consumption and serum total cholesterol may change with the smoking status.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, 14214.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jossa
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Krogh
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Farinaro
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Panico
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Giumetti
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Galasso
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Celentano
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mancini
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Trevisan
mesh_terms: D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL / Q000097:blood; D003069:Coffee / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL; D003069:Coffee; D008055:Lipids; D014280:Triglycerides