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Coffee drinking is associated with increased longevity

• paulpauper 4y ago
  The obvious cofounder is that people who drink coffee a lot have a higher socioeconomic status, better healthcare quality or a less dangerous job. It's like those studies that show drinking wine raises life expectancy.
  • perilunar 4y ago
    44% of the participants were drinking instant coffee. I don't think socioeconomic status is relevant.
    • byteduck 4y ago
      …Because only poor people drink instant coffee?
      • perilunar 4y ago
        No, because poverty is not a barrier to drinking coffee. Drinking freshly-ground coffee may be linked to socioeconomics status, but drinking coffee probably isn't.
        • byteduck 4y ago
          I see what you mean, I misunderstood.
    • smabie 4y ago
      Even so, I imagine that people who don't have jobs drink less coffee (they don't have anywhere to be). And those same people are probably of lower socioeconomic status.
• eurasiantiger 4y ago
  I wonder if this study is a bit one-eyed. Coffee contains certain neurotoxic amines of the beta-carboline family which can also cause anxiety and depression. Does it make you live forever but unhappy?