Coffee and Tea Intake, Dementia Risk, and Cognitive Function

(jamanetwork.com)

32 points | by bookofjoe 11 hours ago ago

4 comments

  • krzat 2 hours ago ago

    > The most pronounced associated differences were observed with intake of approximately 2 to 3 cups per day of caffeinated coffee or 1 to 2 cups per day of tea.

    Weird, tea is supposed to have half the caffeine of coffee.

    • londons_explore an hour ago ago

      Both coffee and tea have thousands of other constituent parts which could play a role.

      The decaffeination process also removes more parts than just the caffeine.

  • marticode 3 hours ago ago

    > higher caffeinated coffee intake was significantly associated with lower dementia risk (141 vs 330 cases per 100 000 person-years comparing the fourth [highest] quartile of consumption with the first [lowest] quartile; hazard ratio, 0.82 [95% CI, 0.76 to 0.89])

    That's a very big difference.

    • dyauspitr 3 hours ago ago

      So a 100% reduction in risk? Or is it 50% reduction in risk.