Vitamin C may protect against inflammatory polyarthritis

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Vitamin C may protect

against inflammatory polyarthritis

 

 

Researchers at

the University of Manchester in England have found a connection between

low intake of vitamin C and the risk of developing inflammatory

polyarthritis (IP), a form of rheumatoid arthritis that involves two or

more joints.

 

Interested in studying the association between the consumption of

fruit, vegetables and dietary antioxidants and the risk of developing

IP, researchers conducted a study of a group of men and women between

the ages of 45 and 74.

 

The subjects were all free of arthritis at the beginning of the study.

They kept seven-day diet diaries for the duration of the study.

Researchers then analyzed the diaries of 73 subjects who developed IP

between 1993 and 2001 and compared them to the diaries of 146 similar

participants who remained arthritis free.

 

The team noted that low intakes of fruits, vegetables and vitamin C

increased the risk of developing IP, with subjects who consumed the

lowest amounts having three times the risk of subjects who consumed the

highest amounts.

 

Researchers urged more studies to confirm their results.

 

Ann Rheum Dis. 63(7):843-847, 2004

 

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