Effects of lowering homocysteine levels with B vitamins on cardiovascular disease, cancer, and cause-specific mortality: Meta-analysis of 8 randomized trials involving 37 485 individuals.

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Published in Arch Intern Med on October 11, 2010

Authors

Robert Clarke1, Jim Halsey, Sarah Lewington, Eva Lonn, Jane Armitage, JoAnn E Manson, Kaare H Bønaa, J David Spence, Ottar Nygård, Rex Jamison, J Michael Gaziano, Peter Guarino, Derrick Bennett, Fraz Mir, Richard Peto, Rory Collins, B-Vitamin Treatment Trialists' Collaboration

Author Affiliations

1: University of Oxford, England. robert.clarke@ctsu.ox.ac.uk

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