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SynthesisEuropean journal of nutrition2014

Coffee and caffeine intake and risk of endometriosis: a meta-analysis.

Francesca Chiaffarino, Francesca Bravi, Sonia Cipriani, Fabio Parazzini, Elena Ricci, Paola Viganò, Carlo La Vecchia

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Synthesis in European journal of nutrition, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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24citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
4.8field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Diet and Endometriosis: An Umbrella Review.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  16. Overview of the Effect of Complementary Medicine on Treating or Mitigating the Risk of Endometriosis.Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia · 2021
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  18. Does Nutrition Affect Endometriosis?Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde · 2021
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  19. Purinergic Signaling in Endometriosis-Associated Pain.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
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  20. Modifiable life style factors and risk for incident endometriosis.Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Francesca ChiaffarinoDepartment of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Neonatology, IRCSS Fondazione Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
Francesca Bravi
Sonia Cipriani
Fabio Parazzini
Elena Ricci
Paola Viganò
Carlo La Vecchia
Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico · ITMario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research · ITSan Raffaele University of Rome · ITUniversity of Milan · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe potential association between endometriosis and coffee/caffeine consumption has been analysed in several epidemiological studies. In order to establish whether caffeine influences the risk of endometriosis, we provide to summarize the evidence from published studies on this issue.

methodsWe performed a meta-analysis of epidemiological studies published up to January 2013. We computed summary relative risks (RR) of endometriosis for any, high and low versus no coffee/caffeine consumption.

resultsWe identified a total eight studies, six case-control and two cohort studies, including a total of 1,407 women with endometriosis. The summary RR for any versus non-consumption were 1.26 [95% confidence interval (CI) 0.95-1.66] for caffeine and 1.13 (95% CI 0.46-2.76) for coffee consumption; the overall estimate was 1.18 (95% CI 0.92-1.49). The summary RR were 1.09 (95% CI 0.84-1.42) and 1.09 (95% CI 0.89-1.33) for high and low caffeine consumption as compared to no consumption, respectively.

conclusionThe present meta-analysis provided no evidence for an association between coffee/caffeine consumption and the risk of endometriosis. Coffee/caffeine consumption, as currently used in diet, does not carry a health risk.

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CaffeineCoffeeDatabases, FactualDietEndometriosisFemaleHumansRisk FactorsCaffeineCoffee

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PMID24481690
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