Could Coffee Lower Liver Cancer Risks?
Did you know that residents of Finland drink more coffee per capita than the Japanese, Americans, Italians, and other Europeans? And it also appears that among a group of Finns surveyed between 1972 to 2006, the higher the coffee consumption, the lower the risk of primary liver cancer.
The researchers noted a significant inverse association between coffee drinking and the risk of primary liver cancer. Participants in the survey who drank 0-1 cup, 2-3 cups, 4-5 cups, 6-7 cups, and 8 or more cups per day. After a median follow-up period of 19.3 years, the study showed that the multivariable hazards ratio of liver cancer dropped for each group that drank more coffee. It fell from 1.00, to .66, to .44, to .38 to .32 respectively.
However, the biological mechanisms behind the association of coffee consumption with the risk of liver cancer are not known, and authors admit that the link between coffee consumption and liver cancer may not be causal. In other words, due to the method of study used (based on epidemiological data rather than experimental), one cannot conclude that drinking more coffee can directly prevent liver cancer.
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