date:Jun 01, 2012
Despite the positive link to stroke risk, data from 19 randomized controlled trials involving 47,921 participants suggested no benefits for B vitamin supplementation on the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), coronary heart disease or heart attack.
The meta-analysis represents themost recent information available on the associations between B vitamins supplementations and risk of CVD, said researchers from Zhejiang University in China, the National Health Research Institutes in Taiwan, and