Vitamin E and Multiple cardiovascular risk factors

Posted by Chantel M. Contributed by US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health

According to the study of "Effect of long-term treatment with antioxidants (vitamin C, vitamin E, coenzyme Q10 and selenium) on arterial compliance, humoral factors and inflammatory markers in patients with multiple cardiovascular risk factors" by Shargorodsky M, Debby O, Matas Z, Zimlichman R., posted in US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health, researchers found that antioxidant supplementation significantly increased large and small artery elasticity in patients with multiple cardiovascular risk factors. This beneficial vascular effect was associated with an improvement in glucose and lipid metabolism as well as decrease in blood pressure.