These two variants are responsible for just a small fraction — less than 1 % — of the variation in
caffeine intake among the subjects, suggesting that rarer variants, which this study didn't search for, are still out there, Cornelis says.
In response to «Trends in
Caffeine Intake Among US Children and Adolescents,» a study published today by The American Academy of Pediatrics, American Beverage Association consultant Dr. Richard Adamson, former director of the Division of Cancer Etiology and scientific director, National Cancer Institute, issued the following statement:
Not exact matches
So Cornelis and colleagues at six institutions scanned the entire genomes of 47,341 adult subjects from five U.S. studies which had collected data on
caffeine intake,
among other things.
They looked for heart irregularities — premature ventricular and atrial contractions — in the participants over a year, but found that there were no differences
among the subjects, regardless of their
caffeine intake.
Caffeine intake is higher
among males than
among females in North America.
Stress,
caffeine intake, synthetic estrogens in birth control pills and hormone replacement therapy and xeno - estrogens from cleaning products, plastics and cosmetics are
among some of the causes of excess levels of estrogen in the body.
Despite the prevalence of
intake, research relating
caffeine and reproductive hormone concentrations
among premenopausal women is limited and inconclusive (3 — 6).
Conclusions: Moderate consumption of
caffeine was associated with reduced estradiol concentrations
among white women, whereas caffeinated soda and green tea
intakes were associated with increased estradiol concentrations
among all races.