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Serum levels of vitamin E in relation to cardiovascular diseases
Author(s) -
Torun M.,
Avci N.,
Yardim S.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.622
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1365-2710
pISSN - 0269-4727
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2710.1995.tb00707.x
Subject(s) - medicine , vitamin d and neurology , vitamin e , vitamin , pharmacology , chemistry , biochemistry , antioxidant
SUMMARY Serum vitamin E levels in healthy people ( n = 71) and patients with cardiovascular diseases ( n = 62) were determined. The cases of cardiovascular disease comprised patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) ( n = 31), atherosclerosis (AT) ( n = 23) and myocardial ischaemia (MI) ( n = 8). The mean (± SD) serum vitamin E levels of the control group and the group with cardiovascular disease were 1 12 ± 0 27 mg% and 0 98 ± 0 41 mg%, respectively. Patients with AMI, AT and MI had corresponding levels of 0 97 ± 0 48 mg%, 1 00 ± 0 39 mg% and 1 01 ± 0 44 mg%, respectively. Overall serum vitamin E levels were lower in the group with cardiovascular disease than in the control group. Patients and the control group are also discussed with respect to a number of potentially confounding parameters such as age, sex, smoking status, quetelet index (kg/m 2 ), alcohol consumption, dietary intake and serum lipids.