The relation between caffeine consumption and endometriosis: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis
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Author(s)
Kechagias, Konstantinos
Katsikas-Triantafyllidis, Konstantinos
Kyriakidou, Margarita
Giannos, Panagiotis
Kalliala, Ilkka
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
While the contributing factors leading to endometriosis remain unclear, its clinical heterogeneity suggests a multifactorial causal background. Amongst others, caffeine has been studied extensively during the last decade as a putative contributing factor. In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we provide an overview/critical appraisal of studies that report on the association between caffeine consumption and the presence of endometriosis. In our search strategy, we screened PubMed and Scopus for human studies examining the above association. The main outcome was the relative risk of endometriosis in caffeine users versus women consuming little or no caffeine (<100 mg/day). Subgroup analyses were conducted for different levels of caffeine intake: high (>300 mg/day) or moderate (100–300 mg/day). Ten studies were included in the meta-analysis (five cohort and five case-control studies). No statistically significant association was observed between overall caffeine consumption and risk for endometriosis (RR 1.12, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.97–1.28, I2 = 70%) when compared to little or no (<100 mg/day) caffeine intake. When stratified according to level of consumption, high intake was associated with increased risk of endometriosis (RR 1.30, 95%CI 1.04–1.63, I2 = 56%), whereas moderate intake did not reach nominal statistical significance (RR 1.18, 95%CI 0.99–1.40, I2 = 37%). In conclusion, caffeine consumption does not appear to be associated with increased risk for endometriosis. However, further research is needed to elucidate the potential dose-dependent link between caffeine and endometriosis or the probable role of caffeine intake as a measurement of other unidentified biases.
Date Issued
2021-09-29
Date Acceptance
2021-09-26
Citation
Nutrients, 2021, 13 (10), pp.1-12
ISSN
2072-6643
Publisher
MDPI AG
Start Page
1
End Page
12
Journal / Book Title
Nutrients
Volume
13
Issue
10
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This article is an open access article
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Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Subjects
caffeine
caffeine-containing beverages
coffee
endometriosis
environmental factors
meta-analysis
review
0908 Food Sciences
1111 Nutrition and Dietetics
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2021-09-29