Importance According to National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data, 52% of
surveyed US adults reported using at least 1 dietary supplement in the prior 30 days and …

Description: Update of the 2003 US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)
recommendation on vitamin supplementation to prevent cardiovascular disease and cancer …

Background: Vitamin and mineral supplements are commonly used to prevent chronic
diseases. Purpose: To systematically review evidence for the benefit and harms of vitamin …

Importance Cardiovascular disease and cancer are the 2 leading causes of death in the US,
and vitamin and mineral supplementation has been proposed to help prevent these …

Abstract In the United States, 40–50% of the men and women 50 years of age or older
regularly use multivitamin/mineral (MVM) supplements, making the annual sales of these …

Purpose Evidence supporting the use of dietary supplements, in particular, multivitamin/
multimineral supplements (MVMS), has been mixed, complicating the ability of health care …

Context Although multivitamins are used to prevent vitamin and mineral deficiency, there is a
perception that multivitamins may prevent cardiovascular disease (CVD). Observational …

This statement summarizes the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)
recommendations on routine vitamin supplementation to prevent cancer and cardiovascular …

Background: Antioxidant vitamins are thought to play a role in atherosclerosis.
Supplementation of these nutrients has been explored as a means of reducing …

Background: Multivitamin and mineral supplements are the most commonly used dietary
supplements in the United States. Purpose: To synthesize studies on the efficacy and safety …