NIH Study Adds To Questions About Multivitamins’ Efficacy While Acknowledging Popularity

Study of data from nearly 400,000 adults without histories of major chronic diseases showed no “evidence to support improved longevity among healthy adults who regularly take multivitamins.” Authors note many US adults report using the products “to maintain or improve health.”

A National Institutes of Health-funded analysis of the association of multivitamin use with mortality risk notes that use of the products has decreased with the publication of previous studies raising questions about their effectiveness.

The study of information from 390,124 US adults without histories of major chronic diseases recently published by the Journal of...