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Effects of vitamin C supplementation on gout risk: results from the Physicians' Health Study II trial

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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION
卷 116, 期 3, 页码 812-819

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OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/nqac140

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vitamin C; vitamin E; gout; randomized trial; uric acid

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The study showed that a daily dose of 500 mg vitamin C reduced the risk of gout in middle-aged male physicians, while vitamin E did not have a significant effect.
Background Short-term randomized trials suggest that a 500 mg/d vitamin C supplement reduces serum urate, whereas observational studies show vitamin E is inversely associated with gout risk. Objectives We evaluated the effect of supplemental vitamin C (prespecified primary exposure) and vitamin E (prespecified secondary exposure) on new diagnoses of gout. Methods We performed a post hoc analysis of data from the Physicians' Health Study II, a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled factorial trial of randomized vitamin C (500 mg/d) and vitamin E (400 IU every other day). The primary outcome was new gout diagnoses, self-reported at baseline and throughout the follow-up period of <= 10 y. Results Of 14,641 randomly assigned male physicians in our analysis, the mean age was 64 +/- 9 y; 1% were Black, and 6.5% had gout prior to randomization. The incidence rate of new gout diagnoses during follow-up was 8.0 per 1000 person-years among those assigned vitamin C compared with 9.1 per 1000 person-years among those assigned placebo. The vitamin C assignment reduced new gout diagnoses by 12% (HR: 0.88; 95% CI: 0.77, 0.99; P = 0.04). These effects were greatest among those with a BMI <25 kg/m (2) (P-interaction = 0.01). Vitamin E was not associated with new gout diagnoses (HR: 1.05; 95% CI: 0.92, 1.19; P = 0.48). Conclusions Vitamin C modestly reduced the risk of new gout diagnoses in middle-aged male physicians. Additional research is needed to determine the effects of higher doses of vitamin C supplementation on serum urate and gout flares in adults with established gout. The Physicians' Health Study II is registered at clinicaltrials.gov (identifier: NCT00270647).

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