Coffee Consumption and Cystatin-C-Based Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rates in Healthy Young Adults: Results of a Clinical Trial

Recently it has been reported that the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) is higher in habitual coffee consumers than in noncoffee consumers. However, the causality remains unclear. Therefore, we conducted a clinical trial to investigate the effects of coffee consumption on kidney function....

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Main Authors: Masafumi Saito, Tohru Nemoto, Satoshi Tobimatsu, Midori Ebata, Yulan Le, Kei Nakajima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01
Series:Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/146865