Vitamin E Implicated as Lung Cancer Risk Factor
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02 March, 2008 00:20 GMT
Vitamin E supplements may heighten the risk of lung cancer, suggests new research published in the
Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. While connections between lung cancer and such factors as smoking and family history were expected, the researchers were surprised to note a statistically significant association with vitamin E supplementation and occurrence of the disease.
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From Dr. Lynn Nielsen-Bohlman:
The coverage of the recent research on lung cancer and vitamin E is
concerning. The meaning of this finding is being sensationalized in
media reports.
The original report found that "supplemental vitamin E
was associated with a small increased risk of lung cancer (HR, 1.05
for every 100-mg/d increase in dose; 95% confidence interval [CI],
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