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THURSDAY, Oct. 18, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Caffeine intake from coffee is inversely associated with the risk for incident rosacea, according to a study published online Oct. 17 in JAMA Dermatology<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Suyun Li, Ph.D., from the Qingdao University in China, and colleagues conducted a cohort study involving 82,737 women in the Nurses’ Health Study II to examine the correlation between the risk for incident rosacea and caffeine intake.<\/p>\n
The researchers identified 4,945 incident cases of rosacea during 1,120,051 person-years of follow-up. Increased caffeine intake was inversely associated with the risk for rosacea after adjustment for other risk factors (hazard ratio for the highest versus the lowest quintile of caffeine intake, 0.76; 95 percent confidence interval, 0.69 to 0.84; P < 0.001 for trend). For caffeinated coffee consumption, there was also a significant inverse association (hazard ratio, 0.77 for those who consumed at least four servings\/day versus less than one per month; 95 percent confidence interval, 0.69 to 0.87; P < 0.001 for trend); no correlation was seen for decaffeinated coffee (hazard ratio, 0.80; 95 percent confidence interval, 0.56 to 1.14; P = 0.39 for trend). There was no correlation between increased caffeine intake from foods other than coffee and decreased risk for rosacea.<\/p>\n
“Our findings do not support limiting caffeine intake as a preventive strategy for rosacea,” the authors write. “Further studies are required to explain the underlying mechanisms of observed associations.”<\/p>\n
Several authors disclosed financial ties to the pharmaceutical industry.<\/p>\n
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