Coffee consumption protects disease progression in liver cirrhosis and increases long-term survival after liver transplantation
K Friedrich, A Wannhoff, C Rupp, K Weiss, P Schemmer, W Stremmel, D Gotthardt · Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie · 2015 · Heft 08
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Background: Therapeutic options to treat progression of end-stage liver disease (ESLD) or long-term survival after liver transplantation remain scarce. As coffee consumption has been shown to be hepatoprotective we evaluated its impact in these matters. Methods: We obtained coffee consumption habits of 379 patients on liver transplantation list with ESLD and 260 patients after liver transplantation. Survival of patients with ESLD and long-term survival after liver transplantation were analyzed based on coffee intake. Results: 195 patients with ESLD consumed coffee on a daily basis while 184 patients did not. Act…
