Abstract Title:

Associations of coffee drinking with systemic immune and inflammatory markers.

Abstract Source:

Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2015 May 21. Epub 2015 May 21. PMID: 25999212

Abstract Author(s):

Erikka Loftfield, Meredith S Shiels, Barry I Graubard, Hormuzd A Katki, Anil K Chaturvedi, Britton Trabert, Ligia A Pinto, Troy J Kemp, Fatma M Shebl, Susan T Mayne, Nicolas Wentzensen, Mark P Purdue, Allan Hildesheim, Rashmi Sinha, Neal D Freedman

Article Affiliation:

Erikka Loftfield

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Coffee drinking has been inversely associated with mortality as well as cancers of the endometrium, colon, skin, prostate, and liver. Improved insulin sensitivity and reduced inflammation are among the hypothesized mechanisms by which coffee drinking may affect cancer risk; however, associations between coffee drinking and systemic levels of immune and inflammatory markers have not been well characterized.

METHODS: We used Luminex bead-based assays to measure serum levels of 77 immune and inflammatory markers in 1,728 older non-Hispanic Whites. Usual coffee intake was self-reported using a food frequency questionnaire. We used weighted multivariable logistic regression models to examine associations between coffee and dichotomized marker levels. We conducted statistical trend tests by modeling the median value of each coffee category and applied a 20% false discovery rate criterion to P-values.

RESULTS: Ten of the 77 markers were nominally associated (P-value for trend<0.05) with coffee drinking. Five markers withstood correction for multiple comparisons and included aspects of the host response namely chemotaxis of monocytes/macrophages (IFNγ, CX3CL1/fractalkine, CCL4/MIP-1β), pro-inflammatory cytokines (sTNFRII) and regulators of cell growth (FGF-2). Heavy coffee drinkers had lower circulating levels of IFNγ (OR=0.35; 95% CI 0.16-0.75), CX3CL1/fractalkine (OR=0.25; 95% CI 0.10-0.64), CCL4/MIP-1β (OR=0.48; 95% CI 0.24-0.99), FGF-2(OR=0.62; 95% CI 0.28-1.38), and sTNFRII (OR=0.34; 95% CI 0.15-0.79) than non-coffee drinkers.

CONCLUSIONS: Lower circulating levels of inflammatory markers among coffee drinkers may partially mediate previously observed associations of coffee with cancer and other chronic diseases.

IMPACT: Validation studies, ideally controlled feeding trials, are needed to confirm these associations.

Study Type : Human Study

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