Supplementation with B vitamins or N-3 fatty acids and depressive symptoms in cardiovascular disease survivors: Ancillary findings from the SUpplementation with FOLate, vitamins B-6 and B-12 and/or OMega-3 fatty acids (SU.FOL.OM3) randomized trial

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 208-214

  Andreeva, Valentina A ^a   Galan, Pilar ^a   Torrès, Marion ^b   Julia, Chantal ^a   Hercberg, Serge ^a,c   Kesse Guyot, Emmanuelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PLACEBO; PYRIDOXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FACTORIAL DESIGN; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK; SURVIVOR; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RECURRENCE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TETRAHYDROFOLATES; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 6; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 84863575613     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.112.035253     Document Type: Article

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