B vitamins for stroke prevention
B vitamins for stroke prevention
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England: BMJ Publishing Group LTD
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English
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England: BMJ Publishing Group LTD
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Supplementation with B vitamins (vitamin B9(folic acid), vitamin B12 and vitamin B6) lowers blood total homocysteine (tHcy) concentrations by about 25% and reduces the relative risk of stroke overall by about 10% (risk ratio (RR) 0.90, 95% CI 0.82 to 0.99) compared with placebo. Homocysteine-lowering interventions have no significant effect on myoc...
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B vitamins for stroke prevention
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_6047336
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_6047336
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2059-8688
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2059-8696
DOI
10.1136/svn-2018-000156
