Coffee May Lower Stroke Risk for Women

Women who drink more than one cup of coffee a day could reduce their risk of stroke by 22% to 25%. A new study followed 34,670 Swedish women, ages 49 to 83, for an average of 10.4 years. Women who reported drinking little or no coffee had a higher risk of stroke, the results suggested. Coffee consumption was associated with a statistically significant lower risk of total stroke. The study did not distinguish between regular and decaf coffee, although consumption of the latter is rare in Sweden. Stroke, March 2011