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Dietary Supplements and Chronic Diseases

A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutritional Epidemiology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 August 2024 | Viewed by 821

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Thomas A. Wilson

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Department of Biomedical and Nutritional Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, USA
Interests: sports nutrition; sex hormone metabolism; lipid metabolism; cardiovascular disease; macular degeneration; inflammation; oxidative stress

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Most people around the world consume at least one type of dietary supplement on a daily basis to ensure adequate nutrition and/or to prevent or treat various diseases. Some of the major common chronic diseases include cardiovascular diseases (heart disease, hypertension, congestive heart failure), Type II diabetes, cancers, osteoporosis, and Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. The purpose of this Special Issue is to gather high-quality research papers with a solid research setting and/or translational potential on this topic, in order to create an up-to-date, systematic overview that examines, in detail, the functional role of dietary supplements in chronic diseases. We are interested in both clinical and pre-clinical investigations that test novel hypotheses that can advance the field. In this Special Issue of Nutrients, we are making a call to action to motivate researchers to submit their invaluable studies on this intriguing topic. This Special Issue welcomes the submission of manuscripts which either include evidence-based original research or reviews of the scientific literature.

Dr. Thomas A. Wilson
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • nutraceuticals
  • vitamins and multivitamins
  • antioxidants
  • anti-inflammatories
  • cancer
  • cardiovascular disease
  • type II diabetes
  • metabolic syndrome
  • hypertension
  • Alzheimer’s disease
  • dementia

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Associations between Chronic Medical Conditions and Persistent Dietary Supplement Use: The US Military Dietary Supplement Use Study
by Joseph J. Knapik, Daniel W. Trone, Ryan A. Steelman and Harris R. Lieberman
Nutrients 2024, 16(14), 2253; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16142253 - 12 Jul 2024
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This longitudinal study examined associations between chronic medical conditions (CMCs) and persistent dietary supplement (DS) use. On two separate occasions, 1.3 ± 0.2 years apart, military service members (SMs) (n = 5778) completed identical questionnaires concerning their DS use in the past [...] Read more.
This longitudinal study examined associations between chronic medical conditions (CMCs) and persistent dietary supplement (DS) use. On two separate occasions, 1.3 ± 0.2 years apart, military service members (SMs) (n = 5778) completed identical questionnaires concerning their DS use in the past 6 months and their demographic and lifestyle characteristics. Medical conditions were obtained from a medical surveillance system six months before the first questionnaire and during the period between questionnaires. Diagnoses were grouped into 19 major (largely systemic) and 9 specific CMCs. Conditions diagnosed in both periods (CMCs) were examined in relation to DS use reported on both questionnaires (persistent DS use). After adjustment for demographic and lifestyle factors, higher odds of persistent DS use were found in 7 of the 19 major CMCs and 5 of the 9 specific CMCs. SMs with a CMC had 1.25 (95% confidence interval [95%CI] = 1.10–1.41) higher adjusted odds of persistent DS use. The three specific CMCs with the highest adjusted odds of persistent DS use were anxiety (odds ratio [OR] = 2.30, 95%CI = 1.36–3.89), depression (OR = 2.12, 95%CI = 1.20–3.73), and gastroesophageal reflux disease (OR = 2.02, 95%CI = 1.02–4.04). Among DS categories, participants with a CMC had higher adjusted odds of persistent vitamins or mineral use (OR = 1.31, 95% CI = 1.12–1.53). Participants with CMCs had a higher prevalence of persistent DS use, especially individual vitamin and mineral use. Full article
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