RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Jacobson, Anne
T1 Vitamin E and C Supplements Do Not Reduce Long-Term Cardiovascular Risk
JF MD Conference Express
YR 2009
FD SAGE Publications
VO 8
IS 8
SP 14
OP 14
DO 10.1177/155989770900800805
UL http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/8/8/14.1.abstract
AB After 8 years of treatment, the antioxidant vitamins E and C do not help prevent myocardial infarction, stroke, or cardiovascular death in low-risk men, according to findings from the Physicians' Health Study II [NCT00270647]. These findings refute the belief that long-term treatment with these antioxidant vitamins are cardioprotective, researchers reported.