The Association between Caffeine Intake and the Colonic Mucosa-Associated Gut Microbiota in Humans-A Preliminary Investigation.

Dai A, Hoffman K, Xu AA, Gurwara S, White DL, Kanwal F, Jang A, El-Serag HB, Petrosino JF, Jiao L. The Association between Caffeine Intake and the Colonic Mucosa-Associated Gut Microbiota in Humans-A Preliminary Investigation. Nutrients. 2023 Apr 3; 15(7).

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We examined the association between caffeine and coffee intake and the community composition and structure of colonic microbiota. A total of 34 polyp-free adults donated 97 colonic biopsies. Microbial DNA was sequenced for the 16S rRNA gene V4 region. The amplicon sequence variant was assigned using DADA2 and SILVA. Food consumption was ascertained using a food frequency questionnaire. We compared the relative abundance of taxonomies by low ( < 82.9 mg) vs. high ( = 82.9 mg) caffeine intake and by never or < 2 cups vs. 2 cups vs. = 3 cups coffee intake. False discovery rate-adjusted values ( values) < 0.05 indicated statistical significance. Multivariable negative binomial regression models were used to estimate the incidence rate ratio and its 95% confidence interval of having a non-zero count of certain bacteria by intake level. Higher caffeine and coffee intake was related to higher alpha diversity (Shannon index < 0.001), higher relative abundance of and , and lower relative abundance of ( values < 0.05). After adjustment of vitamin B2 in multivariate analysis, the significant inverse association between count and caffeine intake remained statistically significant. Our preliminary study could not evaluate other prebiotics in coffee.