Hyun-Seok Kim MD

“included 354,957 participants who didn't suffer from cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), or viral hepatitis when they entered the pool of subjects.”

“a subcohort of 28,961 patients had undergone MRI and around 50,000 had received proteomic analysis as part of the wider biobank project.”

“tracked over a median of 13 years”

“94% of the patients whose data was analysed were white”

“80% of them had at least one cup of coffee per day”

“64% of them drinking caffeinated coffee”

“2,970 incidents of cirrhosis, 342 incidents of HCC, and 852 liver-related deaths at 13 years’ median follow-up”