Antioxidant effects of vitamins in type 2 diabetes: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Vitamins are essential micronutrients with antioxidant potential that may provide a complementary treatment for patients with chronic diseases. Our aim was to assess the effect of vitamin supplementation on the antioxidant status and glycemic index of type 2 diabetes mellitus patients.

Methods

We performed a systematic review with meta-analyses. Electronic searches were conducted in PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science (December 2017). Randomized controlled trials evaluating the effect of any vitamin or vitamin complex supplementation on antioxidant status as primary outcome were included. The outcomes considered were: reduction of malondialdehyde (MDA); augmentation of glutathione peroxidase (GPx); changes in total antioxidant capacity (TAC), enhance in superoxide

SUBMITTER: Balbi ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5853104 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature