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S Heyden

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PubMed1976

Coffee consumption and mortality in a community study--Evans Co., Ga.

Total mortality showed no association with heavy coffee consumption in the four race-sex groups of Evans County. Deaths from coronary heart disease in WM, WF and BM showed no statistically significant differences between the two coffee consuming groups. Sex differences in cerebrovascular death rates, consistent in both races, suggest the possibility for a female excess of stroke deaths among coffee drinkers, and a "protective" effect of coffee drinking among males. Thus, in an area of the United States which has been designated the "Stroke Belt", neither the cardiovascular nor the cerebrovascular death rates seem strongly nor consistently related to coffee drinking habits. Although the number of deaths (339) is fairly large, representing a 13% mortality in this community over a four and one-half year observation period, the classification in four race-sex groups with further division into the groups with different coffee drinking habits limits each stratum to rather small numbers. In addition, 86 cases of CHD and CVD were diagnosed during lifetime already and, therefore, were excluded from the prospective mortality study. Confidently to refute or confirm the allegations of a detrimental influence of high coffee intake on ischemic heart disease one would need larger numbers. But in the light of our most important finding--that mortality from all causes is not increased in the high coffee consuming group--the finding of increased ischemic heart disease death rates with high coffee consumption would have to be compensated by a provocative, lower rate for other causes of death.

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PubMed1975

Influence of race, sex and weight on blood pressure behavior in young adults.

This study is concerned with blood pressure behavior in young adults (aged 15 to 29 years) in the biracial community of Evans County, Ga., on two occasions 7 years apart. On the basis of casual blood pressure recordings the prevalence of systolic pressure equal to or greater than 140 mm Hg or diastolic pressure equal to or greater than 90 mm Hg, or both, showed race/sex differences as follows: white males 19.0 percent, white females 12.7 percent. black males 34.0 percent, black females 31.6 percent. Similar differences were noted in the incidence during the 7 year interval. The problem presented by the variability of the casual blood pressure recording is apparent in this interval study. Of particular interest is the association of weight with blood pressure in this youthful group, particularly among white males and females and black females, in relation to both initial and subsequent pressure levels. The data suggest that in this population under 30 years, weight is a risk factor for hypertension, and that maintenance of ideal weight, instituted in youth, may be a preventive measure.

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