Improved blood biomarkers but no cognitive effects from 16 weeks of multivitamin supplementation in healthy older adults

Nutrients

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 3796-3812

  Harris, Elizabeth ^a   Macpherson, Helen ^a,b   Pipingas, Andrew ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Cognition; Multivitamins; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FIBRINOGEN; FOLIC ACID; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HOMOCYSTEINE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MULTIVITAMIN; PLACEBO; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; LIPID; PYRIDOXINE; VITAMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPID ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECOGNITION; RESPONSE TIME; SCORING SYSTEM; SPATIAL MEMORY; STROOP TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WORKING MEMORY; AGING; BLOOD; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AGING; BIOMARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 6; VITAMINS;

EID: 84930960533     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu7053796     Document Type: Article

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