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The origin of vitamin B12 levels and risk of all-cause, cardiovascular and cancer specific mortality: A systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis.

Archives of gerontology and geriatrics2024The record ↗

  1. Finding, very limited evidenceraisesAll-cause mortality

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  • “The meta-analysis of cohort studies showed a positive association between a high serum vitamin B12 concentration (>600 pmol/L) and all-cause mortality (adjusted HR 1.50, 95 % CI 1.29 to 1.74; n = 10; p < 0.01), CVD mortality (adjusted HR 2.04, 95 % CI 0.99 to 4.19; n = 2; p = 0.02), except cancer mortality (adjusted HR 1.56, 95 % CI 0.82 to 2.95; n = 3).”
    Study
    meta-analysis
    Effect
    1.5 hazard ratio, 95% CI 1.29 to 1.74
    Population
    Pooled cohort studies of adults; high circulating serum vitamin B12 category (>600 pmol/L) versus the reference category; no one was dosed

Study record

Design
meta-analysis
Species
human
Population
Twenty-two cohort studies of general population and older adults with serum vitamin B12 measured
Participants
92,346
Comparator
observational
Duration
not reported
Endpoints measured
6