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Table 1 Cohort studies of coffee consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus.

From: Does long-term coffee intake reduce type 2 diabetes mellitus risk?

Reference

Experimental Protocol/

Follow-up (y)

Subjects

Dose (cups/d)†

Results

Relative Risk (95% Confidence Interval)

van Dam & Feskens, 2002[7]

Prospective cohort/7

117111 M and W

≤2

1 (reference)

   

3-4

0.79 (0.57-1.10)

   

5-6

0.73 (0.53-1.01)

   

≥7

0.50 (0.35-0.72)

Saremi et al., 2003[20]

Prospective cohort/11

2680 M and W

0

1 (reference)

  

Pima Indians

1-2

0.92 (0.74-1.13)

   

≥3

1.01 (0.82-1.26)

Reunanen et al., 2003 [19])

Prospective cohort/16

19518 M and W

≤2

1 (reference)

   

3-4

1.01 (0.81-1.27)

   

5-6

0.98 (0.79-1.21)

   

≥7

0.92 (0.73-1.16)

Rosengren et al., 2004[10]

Prospective cohort/18

1361 W

≤2

1 (reference)

   

3-4

0.55 (0.32-0.95)

   

5-6

0.39 (0.20-0.77)

   

≥7

0.48 (0.22-1.06)

Salazar-Martinez et al., 2004[8]

    

-Health Professionals Follow-up Study

Prospective cohort/12

41934 M

0

1 (reference)

   

1-3

0.93 (0.80-1.08)

   

4-5

0.71 (0.53-0.94)

   

≥6

0.46 (0.26-0.82)

-Nurses' Health Study

Prospective cohort/18

84276 W

0

1 (reference)

   

1-3

0.99 (0.90-1.08)

   

4-5

0.70 (0.60-0.82)

   

≥6

0.71 (0.56-0.89)

Tuomilehto et al., 2004[11]

Prospective cohort/12

14629 M and W

≤2

1 (reference)

   

3-4

0.76 (0.57-1.01)

   

5-6

0.54 (0.40-0.73)

   

7-9

0.55 (0.37-0.81)

   

≥10

0.39 (0.24-0.64)

Carlsson et al., 2004[9]

Prospective cohort/20

10652 M and W

≤2

1 (reference)

   

3-4

0.70 (0.48-1.01)

   

5-6

0.71 (0.50-1.01)

   

≥7

0.65 (0.44-0.96)

van Dam et al, 2004[63]

Cross-sectional and prospective data/6

1312 M and W

5

Cross-sectional: lower fasting insulin concentrations but not with lower fasting glucose concentrations

Hoorn Study

    
    

Prospective:

   

≤2

1 (reference)

   

3-4

0.94 (0.56-1.55)

   

5-6

0.92 (0.53-1.61)

   

≥7

0.69 (0.31-1.51)

van Dam & Hu, 2005[21]

Systematic review (9 cohorts)

193473 M and W

≤2

1 (reference)

   

4-6

0.72 (0.62-0.83)

   

≥6

0.65 (0.54-0.78)

Greenberg et al., 2005[34]

Prospective cohort/8.4

7006 M and W

2

Caffeinated 0.86 (0.75-0.99)

First National Health and Nutrition

  

2

Decaffeinated 0.58 (0.34-0.99)

Examination Survey Epidemiologic

   

Further analysis revealed that the decrease in DM2 risk only applied to those who had lost weight

Follow Up Study

    

van Dam et al., 2006[13]

Prospective cohort/10

88259 W

0

1 (reference)

Nurses' Health Study II

  

1

0.87 (0.73-1.03)

   

2-3

0.58 (0.49-0.68)

   

≥4

0.53 (0.41-0.68)

Iso et al., 2006[6]

Retrospective cohort/5

17413 M and W

0

1 (reference)

   

1-2

0.93 (0.73-1.19)

   

≥3

0.58 (0.37-0.90)

Pereira et al., 2006[14]

Prospective/11

28812 W

0

1 (reference)

Iowa Women's Study

  

1-3

1.01 (0.85-1.19)

   

≥6

0.78 (0.61-1.01)

   

Decaffeinated

0.67 (0.42-1.08)

   

Caffeinated

0.79 (0.59-1.05)

Smith et al., 2006[18]

Prospective/8

910 M and W

Never

1 (reference)

Rancho Bernardo

  

Former

0.36 (0.19-0.68)

   

Current

0.38 (0.17-0.87)

Paynter et al., 2006[5]

Prospective/12

12204 M and W

≥4

M: 0.77 (0.61-0.98)

ARIC Study

    

Schulze et al., 2007[64]

Prospective/7

25167 M and W

150 g/d

0.96 (0.93-0.99)

EPIC-Potsdam

    

Hamer et al., 2008[35]

Prospective/11.7

5823 M and W

0

1 (reference)

Whitehall II Study

  

<1

0.83 (0.60-1.14)

   

2-3

0.85(0.60-1.20)

   

>3

0.80(0.54-1.18)

Odegaard et al., 2008[65]

Prospective/6

36908 M and W

0

1 (reference)

Singapore Chinese Health Study

  

1

0.96 (0.86, 1.08)

   

2-3

0.90 (0.79, 1.02)

   

≥4

0.70 (0.53-0.93)

  1. M: Men; W: Women; †: ~150 mL cup.