Goran Bjelakovic
University of Niš
61 Papers
253 Citations
Goran Bjelakovic is an academic researcher from University of Niš. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Relative risk. The author has an hindex of 23, co-authored 61 publications. Previous affiliations of Goran Bjelakovic include Copenhagen University Hospital.
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Papers
Mortality in randomized trials of antioxidant supplements for primary and secondary prevention: Systematic review and meta-analysis
TL;DR: Treatment with beta carotene, vitamin A, vitamin E, and vitamin E may increase mortality and the potential roles of vitamin C and selenium on mortality need further study.
Antioxidant supplements for prevention of mortality in healthy participants and patients with various diseases
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide the best available information on the effect of anti-oxidants on mortality in patients with various diseases, including cancer, heart disease, and stroke.
Antioxidant supplements for prevention of gastrointestinal cancers: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
TL;DR: Evidence is could not find that antioxidant supplements can prevent gastrointestinal cancers; on the contrary, they seem to increase overall mortality.
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Antioxidant supplements for prevention of mortality in healthy participants and patients with various diseases
TL;DR: Primary and secondary prevention randomised clinical trials on antioxidant supplements versus placebo or no intervention found no significant difference in the estimated intervention effect in the primary prevention and the secondary prevention trials, and meta-regression analysis found the risk of bias and type of antioxidant supplement were the only significant predictors of intertrial heterogeneity.
Vitamin D supplementation for prevention of mortality in adults
Goran Bjelakovic,Lise Lotte Gluud,Dimitrinka Nikolova,Kate Whitfield,Jørn Wetterslev,R. G. Simonetti,Marija Bjelakovic,Christian Gluud +7 more
TL;DR: Assessment of the beneficial and harmful effects of vitamin D supplementation for prevention of mortality in healthy adults and adults in a stable phase of disease demonstrated that vitamin D could be associated with a dramatic increase or decrease in mortality.
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