Vitamin C nutriture and risk of atherosclerotic heart disease

There is substantial evidence for a role of dietary antioxidants in the prevention of cardiovascular disease, but evidence for a protective effect of vitamin C is inconclusive. Two recent reports add to the supporting evidence and provide some new observations. The first study, a 5-year prospective...

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Published in:Nutrition reviews 1998-11, Vol.56 (11), p.334-337
Main Author: Jacob, R.A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antioxidants
Arteriosclerosis - prevention & control
ascorbic acid
Ascorbic Acid - physiology
Ascorbic Acid Deficiency
Atherosclerosis (general aspects, experimental research)
Biological and medical sciences
Blood and lymphatic vessels
Cardiology. Vascular system
Cardiovascular disease
cardiovascular diseases
Coronary vessels
epidemiology
Female
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
men
Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Prospective Studies
Risk Factors
Vitamin C
vitamin deficiencies
women
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Summary:There is substantial evidence for a role of dietary antioxidants in the prevention of cardiovascular disease, but evidence for a protective effect of vitamin C is inconclusive. Two recent reports add to the supporting evidence and provide some new observations. The first study, a 5-year prospective population study of Finnish men, suggests that vitamin C-deficient men may be at increased risk of myocardial infarction. The second study suggests that vitamin C may play a role in preventing manifestations of existing coronary artery disease, rather than in limiting disease progression. Although these results suffer from the limitations of observational studies, they provide impetus for further investigation.
ISSN:0029-6643
1753-4887
DOI:10.1111/j.1753-4887.1998.tb01671.x