Letter by Aubin et al Regarding Article, "Association of Coffee Consumption with Total and Cause-Specific Mortality in 3 Large Prospective Cohorts".

Abstract

In their recent analysis of the Nurses’ Health Study (NHS), the NHS 2, and the Health Professionals Follow-up Study (HPFS), Ding et al1 reported that coffee consumption, either caffeinated or decaffeinated, was nonlinearly associated with mortality. Compared with no consumption, coffee consumption of 1 to 5 cups/d was associated with a lower risk of mortality, whereas coffee consumption of >5 cups/d was not associated with risk of mortality. When the analysis was restricted to never smokers, coffee consumption was associated with lower risk of total mortality and mortality resulting …