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. 2011 May 11;94(1):218–224. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.110.010249

TABLE 4.

Relative risks (RRs) and 95% CIs for all-cause and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality, by caffeinated coffee consumption during the 2 y after the CVD event, in women with cardiovascular disease

Coffee consumption during the 2 y after the CVD event1
<1 cup/mo 1 cup/mo to 4 cups/wk 5–7 cups/wk 2–3 cups/d ≥4 cups/d P for trend
Death from all causes
 Person-years 8756 2664 4689 4561 1064
 No. of deaths 129 39 82 52 13
 Age- and smoking-adjusted RR 1.0 1.01 (0.70, 1.45) 1.12 (0.84, 1.48) 0.72 (0.52, 1.00) 0.77 (0.42, 1.43) 0.09
 Multivariable-adjusted RR2 1.0 1.08 (0.74, 1.57) 1.12 (0.83, 1.50) 0.77 (0.55, 1.09) 0.70 (0.37, 1.32) 0.11
Death from CVD
 No. of deaths 57 16 32 21 7
 Age- and smoking-adjusted RR 1.0 0.97 (0.55, 1.72) 1.05 (0.67, 1.63) 0.66 (0.39, 1.12) 0.89 (0.37, 2.14) 0.35
 Multivariable-adjusted RR2 1.0 0.93 (0.51, 1.68) 1.01 (0.63, 1.64) 0.70 (0.40, 1.23) 0.81 (0.31, 2.14) 0.41
1

1 cup = 240 mL.

2

Adjusted for age (5-y categories), smoking status (never, past, or current: 1–14, 15–24, or ≥25 cigarettes/d), BMI (in kg/m2; <23.0, 23.0–24.9, 25.0–27.9, 28.0–29.9, or ≥30.0), physical activity (<1.5, 1.0–5.9, 6.0–11.9, 12.0–20.9, or ≥21.0 metabolic equivalent hours/wk), alcohol intake (never or 0.1–4.9, 5.0–14.9, or ≥15.0 g/d), parental history of myocardial infarction, menopausal status and use of hormone therapy (premenopausal, postmenopausal without hormone therapy, postmenopausal with past hormone therapy, or postmenopausal with current hormone therapy), hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, type 2 diabetes, medication use (aspirin, diuretics, β blockers, calcium channel blockers, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, other blood pressure medications, statins, other cholesterol-lowering drugs, insulin, or oral diabetic medications), and dietary factors (daily multivitamin and vitamin E supplement use, total energy intake, glycemic load, folate intake, and quintiles of polyunsaturated, saturated, total n−3, and trans fat intakes).