image-top

Multivitamins May Reduce Cardiovascular Disease Risk

DALLAS--Multivitamins may reduce levels of C-reactive protein, a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, according to The Cooper Institute (www.cooperinst.org). During the six-month, randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled trial, men and women between 30 and 70 years of age were given either multivitamin supplements (as the institute’s Cooper Complete").

During the six-month, randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled trial, men and women between 30 and 70 years of age were given either multivitamin supplements (as the institute’s Cooper Complete) or placebo; 67 percent of the subjects were male and 33 percent were postmenopausal females.

Multivitamin supplementation reduced subjects’ C-reactive protein level by 32 percent; the greatest reductions were in subjects with elevated C-reactive protein levels at baseline. The study will appear in the December edition of The American Journal of Medicine (115, 9, 2003)