Multivitamin Supplementation Improves Memory in Older Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Maintenance of cognitive abilities is of critical importance to older adults, yet few effective strategies to slow cognitive decline currently exist. Multivitamin supplementation is used to promote general health; it is unclear whether it favorably affects cognition in older age.

Objectives

To examine the effect of daily multivitamin/multimineral supplementation on memory in older adults.

Methods

The COcoa Supplement and Multivitamin Outcomes Study Web (COSMOS-Web) ancillary study (NCT04582617) included 3562 older adults. Participants were randomly assigned to a daily multivitamin supplement (Centrum Silver) or placebo and evaluated annually with an Internet-based battery of neuropsychological tests for 3 y. The prespecified primary outcome measure was chan

SUBMITTER: Yeung LK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10375458 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature