Results from the Stockholm Heart Epidemiology Program conducted
in Sweden showed that both men and women who took multi-vitamins
had significantly lower risk of heart attack than those who did
not take supplements, regardless of their diet. A team of
Swedish researchers from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm
studied two groups of men and women aged 45 to 70. The first
group, consisting of 910 men and 386 women who had suffered a
first heart attack, were compared to a control group of 1,143
men and 542 women who had not suffered a heart attack. After
adjusting for cardiovascular risk factors such as diet and
smoking, researchers determined that the risk of heart attack
for men who took multi-vitamins was 21% lower than for men who
did not use supplements. For women who took multi-vitamins, the
risk of heart attack was 34% lower than for women who did not
use supplements. The researchers noted that healthy lifestyle
habits such as consuming fruits, vegetables, and dietary fiber,
not smoking, and physical ac