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ArticleNutrients2015

Inconsistency of Association between Coffee Consumption and Cognitive Function in Adults and Elderly in a Cross-Sectional Study (ELSA-Brasil).

Larissa Fortunato Araújo, Luana Giatti, Rodrigo C Padilha Dos Reis, Alessandra C Goulart, Maria Inês Schmidt, Bruce B Duncan, Mohammad Arfan Ikram, Sandhi Maria Barreto

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Article in Nutrients, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Larissa Fortunato AraújoResearch Group on Epidemiology on Chronic and Occupational Diseases (GERMINAL), School of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais 30130-100, Brazil. larissafortunatoaraujo@gmail.com.
Luana GiattiResearch Group on Epidemiology on Chronic and Occupational Diseases (GERMINAL), School of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais 30130-100, Brazil. luana.giatti@gmail.com.
Rodrigo C Padilha Dos ReisResearch Group on Epidemiology on Chronic and Occupational Diseases (GERMINAL), School of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais 30130-100, Brazil. rodrigocpdosreis@gmail.com.
Alessandra C GoulartCenter for Epidemiological and Clinical Research, Hospital Universitário, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-000, Brazil. agoulart@hu.usp.br.
Maria Inês SchmidtPostgraduate Studies Program in Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul 96203-900, Brazil. maria.schmidt@ufrgs.br.
Bruce B DuncanPostgraduate Studies Program in Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul 96203-900, Brazil. bbduncan@ufrgs.br.
Mohammad Arfan IkramDepartment of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam 3000 CA, The Netherlands. m.a.ikram@erasmusmc.nl.
Sandhi Maria BarretoResearch Group on Epidemiology on Chronic and Occupational Diseases (GERMINAL), School of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais 30130-100, Brazil. sandhi.barreto@gmail.com.
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais · BRUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul · BRErasmus MC · NLHospital Universitário da Universidade de São Paulo · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCoffee is one of the most consumed beverages worldwide and the effect on cognition appears to be task specific and vary by age.

methodIn cohort of 14,563 public service workers (35-74 years old) we assessed coffee consumption habits and examined cognitive function using standardized neuropsychological test battery. By linear regression and generalize linear regression with logarithmic link and gamma distribution we investigated the relation of coffee consumption (never/almost never, ≤1 cup/day, 2-3 cups/day, ≥3 cups/day) in the last 12 months to performance on specific domains of cognition for adults and elderly separately.

resultsAmong elderly, after adjustments, coffee consumption was associated only with an increase in the mean words remembered on learning, recall, and word recognition tests when comparing the 2-3 cups/day to never/almost never category (arithmetic mean ratio (AMR): 1.03; 95% Confidence Interval (CI): 1.00 to 1.07), and to an increase in the mean words pronounced in semantic verbal fluency test when comparing the ≥3 cups/day to never/almost never category (difference of the mean: 1.23; 95% CI: 0.16 to 2.29). However, coffee consumption was not associated with any cognitive function tests in adults and also was not associated with the phonemic verbal fluency test and trail-making test B in elderly.

conclusionsRESULTS suggest that coffee consumption might be slightly beneficial to memory in elderly but lacks a dose response relationship. Longitudinal analyses are needed to investigate possible, even if subtle, positive effects of coffee drinking on specific cognitive domains in elderly.

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CoffeeCognitionAdultAgedBrazilCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansLinear ModelsMaleMental RecallMiddle AgedNeuropsychological TestsReproducibility of ResultsCoffeecoffee consumptioncognitive function tasksdiet bioactive compounds

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