A particular study conducted by a team from the teaching hospital of Athens on the Aegean island of Ikaria has demonstrated that modest use of coffee by hypertensive elderly individuals can lead to improvements in aortic distensibility. Distensibility is a measure of the elasticity of arteries, and low levels have long been recognised as an indicator of atherosclerosis and a conscientious predictor of future anaerobic fitness events.

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