Dietary and circulating vitamin C, vitamin E, β-carotene and risk of total cardiovascular mortality: a systematic review and dose–response meta-analysis of prospective observational studies

Objective The present review aimed to quantify the association of dietary intake and circulating concentration of major dietary antioxidants with risk of total CVD mortality. Design Systematic review and meta-analysis. Setting Systematic search in PubMed and Scopus, up to October 2017. Participants Prospective observational studies reporting risk estimates of CVD mortality across three or more categories of dietary intakes and/or circulating...