46%. It is the percentage of adults who suffer from high blood pressure but who ignore it, according to theWorld Health Organization (WHO). In general, we speak of hypertension when the blood pressure in the arteries is too high. This chronic disease is favored by many risk factors such as the consumption of tobacco, alcohol and also coffee. Indeed, in a recent study published on December 21, 2022 in the Journal of the American Heart Association, American researchers looked at the link between the consumption of two or more cups of coffee per day and mortality due to cardiovascular disease in people with severe hypertension.
To arrive at this observation, researchers from the University of Osaka (Japan) solicited the participation of 6,570 men and more than 12,000 women, aged 40 to 79.
Participants then provided data through health exams and self-administered questionnaires assessing lifestyle, diet and medical history. During almost 19 years of follow-up (until 2009), 842 cardiovascular deaths were documented.
Scientists have found that drinking two or more cups of coffee a day is associated with a twice as high risk of death from heart disease in people whose blood pressure was 160/100 mm Hg or higher, compared with those who did not drink coffee. However, the consumption of a (…)
