Papers/PMID:19491386
Effects of vitamins C and E and beta-carotene on the risk of type 2 diabetes in women at high risk of cardiovascular disease: a randomized controlled trial.
The American journal of clinical nutrition2009The record
1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint · 1 null
What it reported
How to read these marksEvery finding here is a null result.
What did not
1 finding
L-ascorbic acid — no detected effect on type 2 diabetes incidence
Evidence strength: very limited.FindingNull result“Our randomized trial data showed no significant overall effects of vitamin C, vitamin E, and beta-carotene on risk of developing type 2 diabetes in women at high risk of CVD.”
Quoted verbatim from Effects of vitamins C and E and beta-carotene on the risk of type 2 diabetes in women at high risk of cardiovascular disease: a randomized controlled trial.. - Study
- RCT
- Dose
- ascorbic acid 500 mg every day
- Population
- Women aged 40 or older at high risk of cardiovascular disease (prior CVD or three or more CVD risk factors) and free of diabetes at baseline; vitamin C 500 mg daily versus its placebo within a factorial trial that also randomised vitamin E and beta-carotene
Effects of vitamins C and E and beta-carotene on the risk of type 2 diabetes in women at high risk of cardiovascular disease: a randomized controlled trial.2009PMID:1949138610.3945/ajcn.2009.27491Permalink