date:Jun 01, 2012
led trials equivalent to 24,210 participants.
New data
While the new meta-analysis agrees that B vitamins did not affect the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), coronary heart disease or heart attack, it does challenge the conclusions regarding stroke risk.
Nineteen studies provided data obtained from intervention and follow-up periods ranging from 6 to 85 months, and doses of folic acid with or without vitamins B6 and B12.
Results showed that B vitamin supplementation was associated with