High-Dosage Vitamin E Supplementation and All-Cause Mortality
2005; American College of Physicians; Volume: 143; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.7326/0003-4819-143-2-200507190-00026
ISSN1539-3704
AutoresIshwarlal Jialal, Sridevi Devaraj,
Tópico(s)Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes
ResumoLetters19 July 2005High-Dosage Vitamin E Supplementation and All-Cause MortalityIshwarlal Jialal, MD, PhD and Sridevi Devaraj, PhDIshwarlal Jialal, MD, PhDFrom the University of California, Davis, Medical Center, Sacramento, CA 95817. and Sridevi Devaraj, PhDFrom the University of California, Davis, Medical Center, Sacramento, CA 95817.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-143-2-200507190-00026 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:We read with interest the statistically questionable and selective meta-analysis by Miller and colleagues (1). Because of their arbitrary exclusion criteria, they omitted 2 studies that clearly showed the benefit of combined RRR-α-tocopherol and vitamin C supplementation on the primary end point: the Antioxidant Supplementation in Atherosclerosis Prevention (ASAP) study, which involved 440 hypercholesterolemic patients followed up for 6 years (2), and the Transplant-Associated Arteriosclerosis Study (3).Also, of the 11 studies that Miller and colleagues suggested show harm from high-dose vitamin E supplementation, 5 used vitamin E along with other antioxidants, including β-carotene, which has previously ...References1. Miller ER, Pastor-Barriuso R, Dalal D, Riemersma RA, Appel LJ, Guallar E. Meta-analysis: high-dosage vitamin E supplementation may increase all-cause mortality. Ann Intern Med. 2005;142:37-46. [PMID: 15537682] LinkGoogle Scholar2. Jialal I, Devaraj S. Antioxidants and atherosclerosis: don't throw out the baby with the bath water [Editorial]. Circulation. 2003;107:926-8. [PMID: 12600900] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Jialal I, Devaraj S. Scientific evidence to support a vitamin E and heart disease health claim: research needs. J Nutr. 2005;135:348-53. [PMID: 15671241] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. Singh U, Jialal I. Anti-inflammatory effects of alpha-tocopherol. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2004;1031:195-203. [PMID: 15753145] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. Kris-Etherton PM, Lichtenstein AH, Howard BV, Steinberg D, Witztum JL. Antioxidant vitamin supplements and cardiovascular disease. Circulation. 2004;110:637-41. [PMID: 15289389] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From the University of California, Davis, Medical Center, Sacramento, CA 95817.Disclosures: None disclosed. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoMeta-Analysis: High-Dosage Vitamin E Supplementation May Increase All-Cause Mortality Edgar R. 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