A new study finds that people who metabolize caffeine slowly are three
times more likely to develop kidney dysfunction.The slow metabolism, says the new study, is the result of a gene variant
present in half the population at large. They propose that this may account
for the conflicting conclusions of previous studies.
While some research has linked the consumption of coffee to kidney damage,
other research has reported no association between caffeine intake and the
development of chronic kidney disease. A new study from researchers at the
universities of Toronto, Canada, and Padova, Italy may offer an explanation
for the differing conclusions.
times more likely to develop kidney dysfunction.The slow metabolism, says the new study, is the result of a gene variant
present in half the population at large. They propose that this may account
for the conflicting conclusions of previous studies.
While some research has linked the consumption of coffee to kidney damage,
other research has reported no association between caffeine intake and the
development of chronic kidney disease. A new study from researchers at the
universities of Toronto, Canada, and Padova, Italy may offer an explanation
for the differing conclusions.
It also finds that for some people, coffee can indeed be damaging to one’s
kidneys.
The new study finds that the presence of a particular gene variant can
result in coffee being three times more likely to cause kidney dysfunction.
The researchers say it is all about the speed at which a person.
metabolizes caffenne.In the study , about half of the participants had the
rs 762551 varient of the CYP1A2 gene, a variant that caused them to
metabolize caffeine more slowly.
