I just have one question. Who funded the study?
Through the link in comment# 1.
Role of the Funding Sources
The funding sources had no role in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of the data or in the decision to submit the manuscript for publication.
Author and Article Information
From The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and The Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland; National Center for Epidemiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom; and University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway.
Note: J.A. Baron provided unpublished mortality data from the Polyp Prevention Study.
Grant Support: Dr. Pastor-Barriuso was supported in part by a grant from the Instituto de Salud Carlos III (EPY 1261/02).
Potential Financial Conflicts of Interest: Grants received: R.A. Riemersma (Roche).
Requests for Single Reprints: Edgar R. Miller III, MD, PhD, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 2024 East Monument Street, Suite 2-624, Baltimore, MD 21205-2223; e-mail, ermiller@jhmi.edu.
Current Author Addresses: Dr. Miller: Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 2024 East Monument Street, Suite 2-624, Baltimore, MD 21205-2223.
Dr. Pastor-Barriuso: Division of Biostatistics, National Center for Epidemiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain.
Dr. Dalal: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, BRADY 604, Baltimore, MD 21205.
Dr. Riemersma: Cardiovascular Research Unit, University of Edinburgh, Hugh Robson Building, George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9XF, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Dr. Appel: Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 2024 East Monument Street, Suite 2-618, Baltimore, MD 21205-2223.
Dr. Guallar: Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Department of Epidemiology, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2024 East Monument Street, Suite 2-639, Baltimore, MD 21205-2223.
Author Contributions: Conception and design: E.R. Miller, E. Guallar.
Analysis and interpretation of the data: E.R. Miller, R. Pastor-Barriuso, D. Dalal, R.A. Riemersma, L.J. Appel, E. Guallar.
Drafting of the article: E.R. Miller, R. Pastor-Barriuso, E. Guallar.
Critical revision of the article for important intellectual content: E.R. Miller, R. Pastor-Barriuso, D. Dalal, R.A. Riemersma, L.J. Appel, E. Guallar.
Final approval of the article: E.R. Miller, R. Pastor-Barriuso, D. Dalal, R.A. Riemersma, L.J. Appel, E. Guallar.
Statistical expertise: R. Pastor-Barriuso, E. Guallar.
Administrative, technical, or logistic support: D. Dalal, E. Guallar.
Collection and assembly of data: E.R. Miller, D. Dalal, R.A. Riemersma, E. Guallar.
Probably the drug companies and the FDA, the same people who banned red yeast rice because it safely lowered cholesterol levels.
Nothing wrong with taking Vitamin E. Actually, 400 IUs is the right amount to take.