Multivitamins may cut myocardial infarction risk in some women

Taking multivitamin supplements may help reduce risk for myocardial infarction or heart attack in women who have had no history of cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to a study in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

The study led by S. Rautiainen  of Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Swede and colleagues showed that women who had no history of cardiovascular disease but used multivitamins were 27 percent less likely to suffer myocardial infarction during a 10-year follow-up, compared to those with CVD free initially who did not use vitamin supplements.

The study involved 31,671 women with no history of cardiovascular disease (CVD) like myocardial infarction etc  and 2262 women with a history of CVD aged 49 to 83 in Sweden. Participants were asked to complete a self-administered questionnaire in 1997 regarding dietary supplementation, diet, and lifestyle parameters.

Multivitamins were estimated to contain nutrients close to the recommended daily allowances, according to the researchers. Specifically, they contained vitamin A (0.9 mg), vitamin C (60 mg), vitamin D (5 μg), vitamin E (9 mg), thiamine (1.2 mg), riboflavin (1.4 mg), vitamin B-6 (1.8 mg), vitamin B-12 (3 μg), and folic acid (400 μg).

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