2004
Antioxidant vitamins and coronary heart disease risk: a pooled analysis of 9 cohorts 1 2 3
Knekt P, Ritz J, Pereira MA, O'Reilly EJ, Augustsson K, Fraser GE, Goldbourt U, Heitmann BL, Hallmans G, Liu S, Pietinen P, Spiegelman D, Stevens J, Virtamo J, Willett WC, Rimm EB, Ascherio A. Antioxidant vitamins and coronary heart disease risk: a pooled analysis of 9 cohorts 1 2 3. American Journal Of Clinical Nutrition 2004, 80: 1508-1520. PMID: 15585762, DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/80.6.1508.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary heart diseaseSupplemental vitamin C intakeHighest intake quintileVitamin C intakeAntioxidant vitaminsIntake quintilesCHD incidenceCHD riskRelative riskVitamin ECHD eventsC intakeSupplemental vitamin E intakeVitamin C/dCoronary heart disease riskDietary confounding factorsLower CHD incidenceMajor CHD eventsVitamin CIncident CHD eventsHeart disease riskVitamin E intakeSupplemental vitamin CHigh vitamin ECohort study
2002
Intakes of vitamins E and C, carotenoids, vitamin supplements, and PD risk
Zhang SM, Hernán MA, Chen H, Spiegelman D, Willett WC, Ascherio A. Intakes of vitamins E and C, carotenoids, vitamin supplements, and PD risk. Neurology 2002, 59: 1161-1169. PMID: 12391343, DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000028688.75881.12.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk of PDVitamin E intakeVitamin EHigh intakeVitamin supplementsE intakeRelative riskHealth StudyHigher dietary vitamin E intakeHigh vitamin E intakePooled multivariate relative risksDietary vitamin E intakeSemiquantitative food frequency questionnaireMultivariate relative riskIncident PD casesNurses' Health StudyFood frequency questionnaireDietary vitamin CDietary vitamin EVitamin C supplementsPathogenesis of PDConsumption of nutsFrequency questionnaireConstituents of foodsHighest quintileDietary and Adipose Tissue Gamma-Tocopherol and Risk of Myocardial Infarction
El-Sohemy A, Baylin A, Spiegelman D, Ascherio A, Campos H. Dietary and Adipose Tissue Gamma-Tocopherol and Risk of Myocardial Infarction. Epidemiology 2002, 13: 216-223. PMID: 11880764, DOI: 10.1097/00001648-200203000-00018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDietary vitamin EMyocardial infarctionGamma-tocopherolOdds ratioVitamin ENonfatal myocardial infarctionFood frequency questionnaireCoronary heart diseasePopulation-based studyFirst myocardial infarctionConfidence intervalsConditional logistic regressionAdipose tissue samplesHighest quintileSupplement usersLowest quintileHeart diseaseInverse associationDietary intakeLower riskSubstantial inverse associationMultivariate analysisLogistic regressionTissue samplesWeak association
2001
Population-based study of α- and γ-tocopherol in plasma and adipose tissue as biomarkers of intake in Costa Rican adults 1 , 2 , 3
El-Sohemy A, Baylin A, Ascherio A, Kabagambe E, Spiegelman D, Campos H. Population-based study of α- and γ-tocopherol in plasma and adipose tissue as biomarkers of intake in Costa Rican adults 1 , 2 , 3. American Journal Of Clinical Nutrition 2001, 74: 356-363. PMID: 11522560, DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/74.3.356.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlpha-tocopherol intakeBiomarkers of intakeAdipose tissueGamma-tocopherolTissue concentrationsAlpha-tocopherolGamma-tocopherol intakeFood frequency questionnairePopulation-based studyDietary alpha-tocopherolAlpha-tocopherol concentrationsGamma-tocopherol concentrationsTissue biopsy samplesSupplement useVitamin supplementsBlood samplesBiopsy samplesVitamin EGood biomarkerUS dietSuitable biomarkersIntakePalm shorteningBiomarkersAdults 1Intakes of carotenoids, vitamin C, and vitamin E and MS risk among two large cohorts of women
Zhang SM, Hernán MA, Olek MJ, Spiegelman D, Willett WC, Ascherio A. Intakes of carotenoids, vitamin C, and vitamin E and MS risk among two large cohorts of women. Neurology 2001, 57: 75-80. PMID: 11445631, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.57.1.75.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk of MSVitamin EVitamin CLarge cohortSemiquantitative food frequency questionnaireRecent case-control studyAssociation of intakeMultivariate relative riskVitamin C intakeFood frequency questionnaireIntake of carotenoidsIntake of fruitsDietary vitamin CTotal energy intakeDietary vitamin E.Case-control studyLutein/zeaxanthinCases of MSFrequency questionnaireC intakeMS riskMultivitamin supplementsAntioxidant nutrientsHighest quintileLowest quintile
1998
Vitamins A, C and E and the risk of breast cancer: results from a case-control study in Greece
Bohlke K, Spiegelman D, Trichopoulou A, Katsouyanni K, Trichopoulos D. Vitamins A, C and E and the risk of breast cancer: results from a case-control study in Greece. British Journal Of Cancer 1998, 79: 23-29. PMID: 10408688, PMCID: PMC2362172, DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsΒ-carotene intakeBreast cancer riskCase-control studyBreast cancerOdds ratioCancer riskVitamin ESemiquantitative food frequency questionnaireBreast cancer risk factorsIntake of retinolVitamin CFood frequency questionnaireCancer risk factorsPost-menopausal womenTotal energy intakeΒ-carotene effectPremenopausal womenFrequency questionnaireControl womenVegetable intakeInverse associationRisk factorsDietary compoundsDietary dataSpecific micronutrients