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Relationships between lung function and retinol, carotene and vitamin E concentrations, when the three vitamins were simultaneously included in the model* |
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| Plasma vitamin concentrations (μMol/L) |
FEV1 (ml) Estimate (SD) |
p-value |
FVC (ml) Estimate (SD) |
p-value |
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| Retinol |
Level |
13.9 (7.5) |
0.06 |
16.6 (9.5) |
0.08 |
| Change |
3.5 (1.5) |
0.02 |
5.7 (1.9) |
0.00 |
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| Carotene |
Level |
14.6 (3.6) |
0.00 |
13.1 (4.5) |
0.00 |
| Change |
-2.6 (1.0) |
0.01 |
-3.5 (1.3) |
0.01 |
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| Vitamin E |
Level |
-1.0 (0.4) |
0.01 |
-2.0 (0.5) |
<0.01 |
| Change |
0.07 (0.09) |
0.38 |
0.2 (0.1) |
0.13 |
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* Adjusted for age, sex, height, asbestos exposure and smoking history. Only results for linear trend are shown. | |||||
Alfonso et al. Nutrition Journal 2005 4:16 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-4-16 |
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