Scientists from Tianjin Medical University found that drinking coffee or tea may be associated with a lower risk of stroke and dementia.
Drinking coffee was also linked to a lower risk of post-stroke dementia.
The research is published in PLOS Medicine and was conducted by Yuan Zhang et al.
Strokes are life-threatening events that cause 10 percent of deaths globally.
Dementia is a general term for symptoms related to declining in brain function and is a global health concern with a high economic and social burden.
Post-stroke dementia is a condition where symptoms of dementia occur after a stroke.
In the study, the team examined 365,682 participants from the UK Biobank, who were recruited between 2006 and 2010 and followed them until 2020.
Over the study period, 5,079 participants developed dementia, and 10,053 experienced at least one stroke.
The team found that people who drank 2-3 cups of coffee or 3-5 cups of tea per day, or a combination of 4–6 cups of coffee and tea had the lowest incidence of stroke or dementia.
Individuals who drank 2-3 cups of coffee and 2-3 cups of tea daily had a 32% lower risk of stroke and a 28% lower risk of dementia compared with those who drank neither coffee nor tea.
Intake of coffee alone or in combination with tea was also linked to a lower risk of post-stroke dementia.
These findings suggested that moderate consumption of coffee and tea separately or in combination are linked to a lower risk of stroke and dementia.
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