Reexamination of a meta-analysis of the effect of antioxidant supplementation on mortality and health in randomized trials

Nutrients

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 929-949

  Biesalski, Hans K ^a   Grune, Tilman ^b   Tinz, Jana ^a   Zöllner, Iris ^c   Blumberg, Jeffrey B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c State Health Office Baden Wuerttemberg   (Germany)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Benefit risk; Meta analysis; Mortality; Supplementation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CELECOXIB; DONEPEZIL; METHIONINE; MINERAL; NICOTINIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PLACEBO; RETINOL; RILUZOLE; SELEGILINE; SELENIUM; SELENOMETHIONINE; SIMVASTATIN; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADD ON THERAPY; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CATARACT; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DECUBITUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; ENTEROPATHY; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; FATIGUE; GASTRIC DYSPLASIA; HEALTH STATUS; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; KINESIOTHERAPY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LOW DRUG DOSE; META ANALYSIS; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REHABILITATION CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SKIN CANCER; SKIN CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 79952048150     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu2090929     Document Type: Article

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