Association Between Coffee and Tea Consumption and Biological Age Acceleration: Evidence from the UK Biobank Study - PubMed
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- Study investigates the association between coffee and tea consumption and accelerated aging using retinal age gap as an indicator.
- 35,740 participants (mean age 56.8 years) from the UK Biobank were analyzed, with 21.5% non-coffee drinkers and 14.4% non-tea drinkers.
- Coffee consumption showed no significant association with retinal age gaps after adjusting for demographic covariates.
- Tea consumption was associated with a smaller retinal age gap (β = -0.03, p = 0.006), especially in those consuming >4 cups/day (β = -0.22, p = 0.003).
- No non-linear relationships were found between coffee or tea consumption and retinal age gaps.
- The study concludes that tea intake is inversely associated with biological aging, as indexed by retinal age gaps.