Blood Pressure in Relation to Coffee and Caffeine Consumption

The relationship between blood pressure (BP) and coffee is of major interest given its widespread consumption and the public health burden of high BP. Yet, there is no specific recommendation regarding coffee intake in existing hypertension guidelines. The lack of a definitive understanding of the B...

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Published in:Current hypertension reports 2014-09, Vol.16 (9), p.468-468, Article 468
Main Authors: Guessous, Idris, Eap, Chin B., Bochud, Murielle
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Blood Pressure - drug effects
Blood Pressure Monitoring and Management (G Ogedegbe and JA Staessen
Caffeine - pharmacology
Cardiology
Central Nervous System Stimulants - pharmacology
Coffee
Family Medicine
General Practice
Global Health
Humans
Hypertension
Hypertension - epidemiology
Hypertension - etiology
Hypertension - physiopathology
Internal Medicine
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Metabolic Diseases
Morbidity
Nephrology
Primary Care Medicine
Risk Factors
Section Editors
Topical Collection on Blood Pressure Monitoring and Management
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Summary:The relationship between blood pressure (BP) and coffee is of major interest given its widespread consumption and the public health burden of high BP. Yet, there is no specific recommendation regarding coffee intake in existing hypertension guidelines. The lack of a definitive understanding of the BP-coffee relationship is partially attributable to issues that we discuss in this review, issues such as acute vs. chronic effects, genetic and smoking effect modifications, and coffee vs. caffeine effects. We also present evidence from meta-analyses of studies on the association of BP with coffee intake. The scope of this review is limited to the latest advances published with a specific focus on caffeine, acknowledging that caffeine is only one among numerous components in coffee that may influence BP. Finally, considering the state of the research, we propose a mechanism by which the CYP1A2 gene and enzyme influence BP via inhibition of the adenosine receptor differentially in smokers and non-smokers.
ISSN:1522-6417
1534-3111
DOI:10.1007/s11906-014-0468-2