Boys, in the case of one recent study, boys between the ages of 12 and 17, get a greater rush from coffee than do girls in the same age group. Researchers at the State University of New York at Buffalo studied 26 boys and 26 girls between the ages of 12 and 17, who were given a beverage containing 50 mg, 100 mg or 200 mg of caffeine, or one with no caffeine that served as a placebo. Blood pressure and heart rate measurements were taken every 10 minutes during the first hour. In addition to the differences in the subjects reported responses to caffeine–the boys said it improved their athletic performance; the girls did not; the researchers found that diastolic blood pressure increased and heart rate decreased as percentage of caffeine increased in males, but not in females. No word on gender differences in older subjects.
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