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Sympathetic activation in the pathogenesis of hypertension and progression of organ damage.

9 Mancia G, Grassi G, Giannattasio C, et al.Caffeine restriction: effect on mild hypertension. 8 MacDonald TM, Sharpe K, Fowler G, et al.Coffee consumption and blood pressure: an Italian study. 7 Periti M, Salvaggio A, Quaglia G, et al.The effect of chronic coffee drinking on blood pressure: a meta-analysis of controlled clinical trials. Coffee and tea consumption in the Scottish Heart Health Study follow up: conflicting relations with coronary risk factors, coronary disease, and all cause mortality. Is coffee consumption a contributor to cardiovascular disease? Insights from the Framingham Study. 4 Wilson PW, Garrison RJ, Kannel WB, et al.Coffee, caffeine, and cardiovascular disease in men. 3 Grobbee DE, Rimm EB, Giovannucci E, et al.Coffee consumption and death from coronary heart disease in middle aged Norwegian men and women. 2 Tverdal A, Stensvold I, Solvoll K, et al.Coffee consumption and the incidence of coronary heart disease. 1 LaCroix AZ, Mead LA, Liang KY, et al.Because decaffeinated coffee also increases BP and MSA in nonhabitual drinkers, ingredients other than caffeine must be responsible for cardiovascular activation. Nonhabitual coffee drinkers showed similar activation of MSA and BP after caffeine infusion, coffee, or decaffeinated coffee.Ĭonclusions- Acutely, coffee and caffeine induced comparable increases in MSA and BP in nonhabitual coffee drinkers, whereas habitual coffee drinkers exhibited lack of BP increase despite MSA activation to coffee. Habitual and nonhabitual coffee drinkers demonstrated similar changes in MSA and BP after intravenous caffeine, whereas coffee drinking increased BP in nonhabitual drinkers only, despite comparable increases of MSA and plasma caffeine levels. A similar significant time effect was found for coffee drinking (54.1☒2.5% total activity). There was a significant time × condition interaction for the intravenous caffeine and placebo conditions for MSA, with caffeine showing a significant increase in MSA at 60 minutes (53.2☑4.1% total activity) and the placebo group showing no effect. Methods and Results- In 15 healthy volunteers (6 habitual and 9 nonhabitual coffee drinkers) arterial blood pressure (BP), heart rate, and muscle sympathetic nervous activity (MSA) were continuously recorded before and after drinking a triple espresso or a decaffeinated triple espresso or after intravenous administration of caffeine (250 mg) or placebo (saline) in the same subjects. Activation of the sympathetic nervous system by coffee may enhance cardiovascular risk however, it is unclear whether this effect of coffee is related to caffeine or other substance(s) also contained in decaffeinated coffee. Possible health hazards have been related to its main ingredient, caffeine. However, its cardiovascular safety remains controversial. Customer Service and Ordering Informationīackground- Coffee is the most abundantly consumed stimulant worldwide.Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology.Journal of the American Heart Association (JAHA).Circ: Cardiovascular Quality & Outcomes.Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology (ATVB).

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