Evidence map›Paper›PMID 37522003›Full record

SynthesisFrontiers in public health2023

Vitamin E intake and multiple health outcomes: an umbrella review.

Tianyi Zhang, Xianyanling Yi, Jin Li, Xiaonan Zheng, Hang Xu, Dazhou Liao, Jianzhong Ai

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readSystematic Review
In one paragraph

Synthesis in Frontiers in public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06915701 ("Evaluation of the Effect of Vitamin E), which is not on this map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT06915701 phase2 / phase3recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

"Evaluation of the Effect of Vitamin E (α-tocopherol) Supplementation on Clinical Activity and Inflammation in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis"

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of GuadalajaraRan2026 to 2027Enrolled46ConditionsRheumatoid ArthritisArmsWill take vitamin E 800mg/day, Will take 200mg/day magnesium oxide placebo.
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Review
  4. Article
  5. Cataract Induced by Glucocorticoids.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025
    Review
  6. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Tianyi Zhang *Department of Urology, West China Hospital, Institute of Urology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Xianyanling Yi *Department of Urology, West China Hospital, Institute of Urology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Jin LiDepartment of Urology, West China Hospital, Institute of Urology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Xiaonan ZhengDepartment of Urology, West China Hospital, Institute of Urology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Hang XuDepartment of Urology, West China Hospital, Institute of Urology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Dazhou LiaoDepartment of Urology, West China Hospital, Institute of Urology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Jianzhong AiDepartment of Urology, West China Hospital, Institute of Urology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
West China Hospital of Sichuan University · CNSichuan University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: The benefits of vitamin E (VE) for multiple health outcomes have been well evaluated in many recent studies. Objective: The purpose of this umbrella review was to conduct a systematic evaluation of the possible associations between VE intake and various health outcomes. Methods: We systematically searched various databases, such as PubMed, Embase, and the Web of Science, to identify related meta-analyses of observational studies and randomized trials. We estimated the effect size of each association by using the random or fixed effects models and the 95% confidence intervals. We used standard approaches to evaluate the quality of the articles (AMSTAR) and classified the evidence into different levels of quality (GRADE). Results: A total of 1,974 review articles were searched, and 27 articles with 28 health outcomes were yielded according to our exclusion criteria. The intake of VE was inversely associated with the risk of breast cancer, lung cancer, esophageal cancer, gastric cancer, pancreatic cancer, kidney cancer, bladder cancer, cervical neoplasms, cardiovascular disease, Parkinson's disease, depression, age-related cataracts, metabolic syndrome, and fracture. Overall, most of the quality of the evidence was low or very low. Three outcomes (stroke, age-related cataracts, obesity) were identified as having a "moderate" level of quality. The AMSTAR scores for all health outcomes ranged from 5 to 10. Conclusion: Our study revealed that VE intake is beneficially related to multiple health outcomes. However, future studies on recommended doses and recommended populations of VE are also needed. Systematic review registration: http://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/, identifier: CRD42022339571.

Indexed as

Vitamin EHumansVitamin Ehealth outcomesintakemeta-analysesumbrella reviewvitamin E

Identifiers

PMID37522003
PMCPMC10374030
OpenAlexW4384154761

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.