Coffee Consumption and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Letters17 August 2004Coffee Consumption and Type 2 Diabetes MellitusFrank B. Hu, MD, PhD, Walter C. Willett, MD, DrPH, and JoAnn E. Manson, MD, DrPHFrank B. Hu, MD, PhDFrom Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115.Search for more papers by this author, Walter C. Willett, MD, DrPHFrom Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115.Search for more papers by this author, and JoAnn E. Manson, MD, DrPHFrom Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-141-4-200408170-00020 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail IN RESPONSE:Dr. Louria asked whether nut consumption confounded the inverse association between coffee consumption and type 2 diabetes mellitus in our study. We reran the analyses controlling for nut intake; the results remained virtually unchanged, suggesting that this confounding is unlikely to explain our findings.Dr. Schaefer also raised the issue of confounding by other dietary and lifestyle factors. However, coffee consumption tends to be associated with smoking, unhealthy diet, and less exercise. Thus, such confounding would have biased the relationship between coffee consumption and type 2 diabetes mellitus toward a positive association. In an ecological analysis, Dr. Schaefer ... Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoCoffee Consumption and Risk for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Eduardo Salazar-Martinez , Walter C. Willett , Alberto Ascherio , JoAnn E. Manson , Michael F. Leitzmann , Meir J. Stampfer , and Frank B. Hu Coffee Consumption and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Donald B. Louria Coffee Consumption and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Benjamin Schaefer Coffee Consumption and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Federico Soriguer , Gemma Rojo-Martínez , and Isabel Esteva de Antonio Coffee Consumption and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus John H. Glaser and Sheila K. Glaser Coffee Consumption and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Donald A. Gerber Metrics 17 August 2004Volume 141, Issue 4Page: 323-324KeywordsCoffeeExerciseFactor analysisFoodGlucoseGlucose intoleranceInsulinMilkOral glucose tolerance testType 2 diabetes ePublished: 17 August 2004 Issue Published: 17 August 2004 CopyrightCopyright © 2004 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF DownloadLoading ...