While it is known that people who spend a lot of time sitting have a high risk of developing diseases such as musculoskeletal diseases and metabolic syndrome, there is evidence that coffee can reduce the risk of death.
A research team at Suchou Medical University in China examined the relationship between the amount of time spent sitting each day and the risk of death using data from more than 10,000 adults who participated in the American Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2007-2018) and published the results in the international journal BMC Public health in the field of diseases and epidemiology.
Research results show that sitting for a long time per day increases the risk of death and cardiovascular disease, but this can be reduced with coffee.
The results of the relationship between coffee consumption and health vary from study to study. A large-scale study recently published in Japan found that if patients with severe hypertension drank more than two cups of coffee a day, their risk of death from cardiovascular disease doubled.
The research team interviewed 10,639 people (average age 47, 50% women) in four groups based on the time spent sitting per day: less than 4 hours, 4 to less than 6 hours, 6 to less than 8 hours and more than 8 hours, and their daily coffee consumption. They were divided into four groups: those who did not drink much, those who drank less than 326 g, those who drank from less than 326 g to 540 g and those who drank more than 540 g, and the overall risk of death. and death from cardiovascular disease were compared.
The group who drank coffee was 52%, those who sat for more than 6 hours were 48%, and those who sat for more than 6 hours but did not drink coffee were 23%.
During the 13 years of follow-up, 945 people died, 284 of them due to cardiovascular disease. As a result of the analysis, compared to the group with less than 4 hours a day (shorter group), those who sat for more than 8 hours (longer group) had a 46% higher overall mortality rate and a 79% higher death rate. from cardiovascular diseases.
Furthermore, compared to the group that did not drink coffee, the risk of overall death and cardiovascular death was significantly lower in the group with a daily intake of 540 g or more.
As a result of examining the combined effects of sitting time and coffee drinking, compared to the group that sat less than 6 hours a day and drank coffee, the overall risk of death in the group that sat more than 6 hours and did not drink coffee was 58% and the risk of death from cardiovascular disease was 58%. It was 2.1 times higher.
In particular, the increased risk of death caused by sitting for long periods of time was only found in the group that did not consume coffee.
The research team said: “The data on time spent sitting was self-reported, so actual time may not have been accurately captured,” but added: “The habit of sitting for more than 6 hours a day without Drinking coffee is closely related to the risk of overall death and death from cardiovascular disease,” he concluded.
The research team also added that the mechanism by which coffee reduces the risk of death is unclear and that further research is needed as coffee is a complex compound with more than 1,000 types of ingredients.
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