VITAMIN-C NUTRITURE AND RISK OF ATHEROSCLEROTIC HEART-DISEASE

Authors
Citation
Ra. Jacob, VITAMIN-C NUTRITURE AND RISK OF ATHEROSCLEROTIC HEART-DISEASE, Nutrition reviews, 56(11), 1998, pp. 334-337
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Nutrition & Dietetics
Journal title
ISSN journal
00296643
Volume
56
Issue
11
Year of publication
1998
Pages
334 - 337
Database
ISI
SICI code
0029-6643(1998)56:11<334:VNAROA>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
There is substantial evidence for a role of dietary antioxidants in th e prevention of cardiovascular disease, but evidence for a protective effect of vitamin C is inconclusive. Two recent reports add to the sup porting evidence and provide some new observations. The first study a 5-year prospective population study of Finnish men, suggests that vita min C-deficient men may be at increased risk of myocardial infarction. The second study suggests that vitamin C may play a role in preventin g manifestations of existing coronary artery disease, rather than in l imiting disease progression. Although these results suffer from the li mitations of observational studies, they provide impetus for further i nvestigation.