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Oral vitamin C and endothelial function in smokers: short-term improvement, but no sustained beneficial effect

Olli T. Raitakari, MD, PhD^* , Mark R. Adams, MB, BS, PhD, FRACP^*, Robyn J. McCredie, BSc^*, Kaye A. Griffiths, DMU^*, Roland Stocker, PhD and David S. Celermajer, MB, BS, PhD, FRACP^*

^* Department of Cardiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Heart Research Institute, Sydney, Australia
Department of Clinical Physiology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

View larger version (14K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Values for FMD (mean ± SEM) at each visit, which improved significantly 2 h after treatment with vitamin C, but no sustained treatment effect was seen at eight weeks.