Study Shows Vitamin E Reduces Cardiovascular Disease in Women
Posted on: Wednesday, 6 July 2005, 18:00 CDT
WASHINGTON - July 05, 2005 - The Council for Responsible Nutrition announced that it was encouraged by the results of a new study that found that vitamin E significantly reduced the risk of death from cardiovascular disease--the No. 1 killer of women in the United States.
The study, published in the July 6 edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association, also confirmed that vitamin E is safe, reporting that taking 600 IU of vitamin E supplements every other day did not increase total mortality in healthy women.
The Women's Health Study found a 24 percent reduction in cardiovascular deaths among the nearly 20,000 women who took vitamin E supplements over a 10-year period, compared with the nearly 20,000 other study participants who were given placebo. For women 65 and older, the study reported that taking vitamin E supplements had an even greater positive effect. Among that population, there was a 49 percent reduction in cardiovascular death and a 34 percent reduction in heart attack.
While the study's authors said it was "possible" the finding of decreased cardiovascular deaths could be "due to chance," they acknowledged that it was "significant" and deserved further study.
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