Does vitamin E play a role in the primary prevention of stroke?

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Published: 2011-04-23
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18051/UnivMed.2011.v30.1-2

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Adi Hidayat
Department of Community Medicine Medical Faculty, Trisakti University

Abstract

A few decades ago it was generally accepted from experimental studies, animal experiments, and epidemiological cohort studies that atherogenesis is linked to oxidative stress and that antioxidant supplementation, notably vitamin E supplementation, is associated with a low incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD). This view led to the widespread use of vitamin E and other antioxidants for reducing CVD morbidity and mortality. In vitro and animal studies on antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties of alpha- and gamma-tocopherols also found that these antioxidants had anti-inflammatory properties.

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Vol. 30 No. 1 (2011)

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Does vitamin E play a role in the primary prevention of stroke?. (2011). Universa Medicina, 30(1), 1-2. https://doi.org/10.18051/UnivMed.2011.v30.1-2

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