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Nutraceutical: Multivitamins
Indication: Diabetes
Source: Diabetes Care, October 26, 2010; [Epub ahead of print].
Research: Understanding the relationship of multivitamin use with diabetes risk is important given the wide use of multivitamin supplements among U.S. adults, researchers say. For this study, investigators prospectively examined supplemental use of multivitamins and individual vitamins and minerals assessed in 1995-1996 in relation to self-reported diabetes diagnosed after the year 2000 among 232,007 participants in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study. Multivitamin use was assessed by food frequency questionnaires at baseline. In total, 14,130 diabetes cases diagnosed after the year 2000 were included in the analysis.
Results: Frequent use of any multivitamins was not associated with risk of diabetes after adjustment for potential confounders and uses of individual supplements. However, significantly lower risk of diabetes was associated with the use of vitamin C or calcium supplements. Use of vitamin E or other individual vitamin and mineral supplements were not associated with diabetes risk. Researchers concluded that multivitamin use was not associated with diabetes risk and that the findings of lower diabetes risk among frequent users of vitamin C or calcium supplements warrant further evaluations.
Indication: Diabetes
Source: Diabetes Care, October 26, 2010; [Epub ahead of print].
Research: Understanding the relationship of multivitamin use with diabetes risk is important given the wide use of multivitamin supplements among U.S. adults, researchers say. For this study, investigators prospectively examined supplemental use of multivitamins and individual vitamins and minerals assessed in 1995-1996 in relation to self-reported diabetes diagnosed after the year 2000 among 232,007 participants in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study. Multivitamin use was assessed by food frequency questionnaires at baseline. In total, 14,130 diabetes cases diagnosed after the year 2000 were included in the analysis.
Results: Frequent use of any multivitamins was not associated with risk of diabetes after adjustment for potential confounders and uses of individual supplements. However, significantly lower risk of diabetes was associated with the use of vitamin C or calcium supplements. Use of vitamin E or other individual vitamin and mineral supplements were not associated with diabetes risk. Researchers concluded that multivitamin use was not associated with diabetes risk and that the findings of lower diabetes risk among frequent users of vitamin C or calcium supplements warrant further evaluations.
