People who drink coffee regularly have a lower risk of chronic liver disease, and the type of coffee doesn't matter, because caffeinated coffee has the same benefits as decaffeinated coffee, New Scientist website reported recently.
In the study, Oliver Kennedy of the University of Southampton and colleagues analyzed data from 384818 coffee drinkers and 109767 non coffee drinkers. Over a median period of 10.7 years, the researchers monitored the liver status of these people, including chronic liver disease, fatty liver disease and death caused by chronic liver disease. The results showed that there were 3600 patients with chronic liver disease, 5439 patients with fatty liver disease and 301 deaths caused by chronic liver disease.
The results show that coffee drinkers drink an average of two cups of coffee a day, including decaffeinated or instant or ground coffee. They had a 21% lower risk of chronic liver disease and a 20% lower risk of chronic liver disease or fatty liver disease than those who did not drink coffee. They were 49% less likely to die of chronic liver disease.
"All in all, coffee seems to contribute to most of the health outcomes in humans," Kennedy said. This applies not only to chronic liver disease, but also to other diseases, such as chronic kidney disease and some cancers
He further pointed out that no one knows exactly which compounds have potential protective effects on chronic liver disease. However, the research results show that all kinds of coffee have protective effects on human liver, which means that there may be multiple compounds working together.
"I think it's necessary to determine how many cups of coffee you need to drink every day to have this effect, and clinical trials may provide the answer," said Ludovico abenavoli of the University of Catanzaro in Italy
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