PapersPMID:17585027
Plasma vitamin C is inversely related to body mass index and waist circumference but not to plasma adiponectin in nonsmoking adults.
L-ascorbic acidNo finding here moved its endpoint.
What did not
1 findingHow to read these marks →- No detected effect on serum adiponectin
very limited
“In summary, plasma vitamin C was inversely related to markers of adiposity, particularly in women, but vitamin C supplementation did not influence the circulating concentration of adiponectin.”
- Study
- RCT
- Duration
- 8 weeks
- Dose studied
- 500 mg capsule daily
- Population
- 20 obese men and women on an 8-week energy-restricted diet low in vitamin C (approximately 38 mg/d), randomised to vitamin C or placebo capsules
Study record
- Design
- cross-sectional study / randomised controlled trial
- Species
- human
- Population
- Sedentary, nonsmoking adults (cross-sectional, n=118); 20 obese men and women in an 8-wk intervention trial
- Participants
- 118
- Comparator
- placebo
- Duration
- 56 days
- Endpoints measured
- 12