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Tuesday, March 7, 2006

Coffee + Genetics = Heart Attack

Via JAMA -- Coffee, CYP1A2 Genotype, and Risk of Myocardial Infarction, March 8, 2006, Cornelis et al. 295 (10): 1135:
Intake of coffee was associated with an increased risk of nonfatal MI only among individuals with slow caffeine metabolism, suggesting that caffeine plays a role in this association.
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