Nutritional Advice El Mondo
Objectives:
Dyslipidemia is a common metabolic disease worldwide and also an important predisposing factor for cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). Coffee is loved by people all over the world; however, the association between coffee consumption and blood lipids has yielded inconsistent results. Therefore, this review article has been conducted.
Is there a causal relationship between coffee consumption and dyslipidemia?
Study design:
This review article included 12 RCTs.
Results and conclusions:
The investigators found pooled results showed that coffee consumption significantly increased total cholesterol (TC) levels [WMD = 0.21 mmol/L, 95% CI = 0.04 to 0.39, p = 0.017].
Significant means that there is an association with a 95% confidence.
The investigators found pooled results showed that coffee consumption significantly increased triglyceride (TG) levels [WMD = 0.12 mmol/L, 95% CI = 0.03 to 0.20, p = 0.006].
Significant because the calculated p-value of 0.006 was less than the p-value of 0.05.
The investigators found pooled results showed that coffee consumption significantly increased LDL cholesterol (bad cholesterol) levels [WMD = 0.14 mmol/L, 95% CI = 0.05 to 0.24, p = 0.003].
The investigators found pooled results showed that coffee consumption had no significant effect on HDL cholesterol (good cholesterol) levels [WMD = -0.01 mmol/L, 95% CI = -0.06 to 0.04, p = 0.707].
No significant means that there is no association with a 95% confidence.
The investigators found dose-response analysis results revealed significant positive nonlinear associations between coffee consumption and the increase in total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol and triglyceride levels.
The investigators concluded that coffee consumption is associated with an elevated risk for dyslipidemia and cardiovascular diseases. So a reasonable habit of coffee consumption (3 cups/d) is essential for the prevention of dyslipidemia.
Original title:
Effect of coffee consumption on dyslipidemia: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Du Y, Lv Y, […], Luo Q.
Link:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33239163/
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Dyslipidemia is elevation of plasma cholesterol, triglycerides (TGs), or both, or a low HDL cholesterol (good cholesterol) level that contributes to the development of atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis is the main underlying cause of cardiovascular disease (CVD).