ArticleDiabetologia2009
Coffee and tea consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes.
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- Nutritional Determinants of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in the European Union: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2025Pooled it
- Epigenome-wide association meta-analysis of DNA methylation with coffee and tea consumption.Nature communications · 2021Pooled it
- Acute caffeine ingestion reduces insulin sensitivity in healthy subjects: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Nutrition journal · 2016Pooled it
- Tea consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis update.BMJ open · 2014Pooled it
- Caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and a dose-response meta-analysis.Diabetes care · 2014Pooled it
- Coffee and caffeine intake and incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus: a meta-analysis of prospective studies.European journal of nutrition · 2014Pooled it
- Genome-wide association analysis of coffee drinking suggests association with CYP1A1/CYP1A2 and NRCAM.Molecular psychiatry · 2012Pooled it
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- Dietary caffeine intake is associated with favorable metabolic profile among apparently healthy overweight and obese individuals.BMC endocrine disorders · 2023Article
- Dietary sodium to potassium ratio is an independent predictor of cardiovascular events: a longitudinal follow-up study.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Association between tea consumption and glucose metabolism and insulin secretion in the Shanghai High-risk Diabetic Screen (SHiDS) study.BMJ open diabetes research & care · 2023Article
- Coffee Consumption May Mitigate the Risk for Acute Kidney Injury: Results From the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study.Kidney international reports · 2022Article
- Identifying Glucose Metabolism Status in Nondiabetic Japanese Adults Using Machine Learning Model with Simple Questionnaire.Computational and mathematical methods in medicine · 2022Article
- Tea consumption and long-term risk of type 2 diabetes and diabetic complications: a cohort study of 0.5 million Chinese adults.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2021Article
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Abstract
aims/hypothesisThe aim of this study was to examine the association of consumption of coffee and tea, separately and in total, with risk of type 2 diabetes and which factors mediate these relations.
methodsThis research was conducted as part of the Dutch Contribution to the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition, which involves a prospective cohort of 40,011 participants with a mean follow-up of 10 years. A validated food-frequency questionnaire was used to assess coffee and tea consumption and other lifestyle and dietary factors. The main outcome was verified incidence of type 2 diabetes. Blood pressure, caffeine, magnesium and potassium were examined as possible mediating factors.
resultsDuring follow-up, 918 incident cases of type 2 diabetes were documented. After adjustment for potential confounders, coffee and tea consumption were both inversely associated with type 2 diabetes, with hazard ratios of 0.77 (95% CI 0.63-0.95) for 4.1-6.0 cups of coffee per day (p for trend = 0.033) and 0.63 (95% CI: 0.47-0.86) for >5.0 cups of tea per day (p for trend = 0.002). Total daily consumption of at least three cups of coffee and/or tea reduced the risk of type 2 diabetes by approximately 42%. Adjusting for blood pressure, magnesium, potassium and caffeine did not attenuate the associations. CONCLUSIONS/
interpretationDrinking coffee or tea is associated with a lowered risk of type 2 diabetes, which cannot be explained by magnesium, potassium, caffeine or blood pressure effects. Total consumption of at least three cups of coffee or tea per day may lower the risk of type 2 diabetes.
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