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Vitamin E supplementation and mortality in healthy people: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

Cardiovascular drugs and therapy2014The record

1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint · 1 null

What it reported

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Every finding here is a null result.

What did not

1 finding

  • α-tocopherol — no detected effect on all-cause mortality

    Evidence strength: very limited.FindingNull resultreplicated ×4
    “Fixed effect and random effects analysis of the 18 trials revealed that supplementation with vitamin E was not associated with all-cause mortality (relative risk 1.01, 95% confidence interval 0.97 - 1.05, p = 0.65).”
    Quoted verbatim from Vitamin E supplementation and mortality in healthy people: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials..
    Study
    meta-analysis
    Dose
    23-800 IU/day vitamin E
    Population
    apparently healthy adults in developed countries, 18 randomised trials with at least 6 months of follow-up

    Effect 1.01 risk ratio, 95% CI 0.97 to 1.05

    Vitamin E supplementation and mortality in healthy people: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.2014PMID:2539830110.1007/s10557-014-6560-7Permalink