Masayuki Teramoto, Kazumasa Yamagishi, Isao Muraki, Akiko Tamakoshi and Hiroyasu Iso Originally published21 Dec 2022https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.122.026477Journal of the American Heart Association. 2022;0:e026477 Abstract Background This study was conducted to examine the impacts of coffee and green tea consumption on cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality among people with severe hypertension. Methods and Results In the JACC (Japan Collaborative Cohort Study for Evaluation of Cancer Risk), 18 609 participants (6574 men and 12 035 women) aged 40 to 79 years at baseline who completed a lifestyle, diet, and medical history questionnaire, and health examinations, were followed up until 2009. We classified the participants into four blood pressure (BP) categories: optimal and normal BP, high‐normal BP, grade 1 hypertension, and grade 2–3 hypertension. A Cox proportional hazard model was used to calculate the
