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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 15.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA. 2008 Oct 15;300(15):1774–1783. doi: 10.1001/jama.300.15.1774

Table 3.

Adverse Events

Adverse Event B Vitamins Group Placebo Group
N (Percent)
Arthralgia 16 (6.7) 7 (4.1)
Depressed mood 45 (18.8) 20 (11.8)
Depression 16 (6.7) 8 (4.7)
Dyspnoea 18 (7.5) 9 (5.3)
Headache 20 (8.3) 9 (5.3)
Hyperhidrosis 23 (9.6) 7 (4.1)
Joint swelling 17 (7.1) 6 (3.6)
Restlessness 29 (12.1) 14 (8.3)
Upper respiratory tract infection 16 (6.7) 6 (3.6)
Urinary tract infection 16 (6.7) 8 (4.7)
Vision blurred 13 (5.4) 3 (1.8)

Table lists adverse events that occurred in at least 5 percent of participants in either treatment group. In two instances, the differences in occurrence rates between groups approached significance: hyperhidrosis: p-value=.053, and vision blurred: p-value=.072 using Fisher’s Exact test.