Coffee increases state anxiety in males but not in females

✍ Scribed by Paloma Botella; Andrés Parra

• Book ID: 102264420
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 46 KB
• Volume: 18
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0885-6222
• DOI: 10.1002/hup.444

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Coffee, reproducing the conditions under which caffeine is normally ingested, containing 3, 75, 150 or 300 mg of caffeine was given to healthy male and female volunteers. 25–30 min after drinking the beverage, they completed the Spanish version of the state‐trait anxiety inventory (STAI). The beverage increased state anxiety, in a dose‐dependent manner, in males but not in females. This could be due to a lesser sensitivity of females to coffee. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.