1. Multivitamin supplements.
| Study | AMDSG 1996 | AREDS 2001 | Berrow 2013 | Bartlett 2007 | CARMA 2013 | CARMIS 2011 | Kaiser 1995 | Veterans LAST study 2004 | Wang 2004 |
| Brand name of supplement if reported | OcuGuard (Twin Lab Inc, Ronkonkoma, NY) | ‐ | Ocuvite Duo (Bausch and Lomb, Berlin) | ‐ | Ocuvite (Bausch and Lomb, Berlin) | ‐ | Visaline (Novopharma Cham, Switzerland). |
OcuPower (Nutraceutical Sciences Institute (NSI), Boynton Beach, Florida FloraGlo (Kemin Foods International, Des Moines, Iowa) |
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| Vitamin A | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | retinol 750 mg | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | 2500 IU | ‐ |
| Vitamin C | 750 mg | 500 mg | 150 mg | 250 mg | 150 mg | 180 mg | 100 mg | 1500 mg vitamin C (as calcium ascorbate) | dose not specified |
| Vitamin E | 200 IU | 400 IU | 15 mg | 34 mg | 15 mg | 30 mg | 10 mg | 500 IU natural vitamin E (d‐alpha tocopherol succinate) | dose not specified |
| Beta‐carotene | 20,000 IU | 15 mg | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | 10 mg | 15,000 IU natural beta carotene (Betatenem) | ‐ |
| Lutein | ‐ | ‐ | 12 mg | 6 mg | 12 mg | 10 mg | ‐ | 10 mg | ‐ |
| Zeaxanthin | ‐ | ‐ | 0.6 mg | ‐ | 0.6 mg | 1 mg plus astaxanthin 4 mg | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ |
| Zinc | 12.5 mg as zinc picolinate | 80 mg as zinc oxide with cupric oxide 2 mg | 25 mg as zinc oxide with cupric oxide 0.4 mg | 10 mg with copper 0.5 mg | 20 mg as zinc oxide with copper gluconate 0.4 mg | zinc 22.5 mg copper 1 mg |
‐ | 25 mg as zinc L‐methionine‐L‐OptiZincB 1 mg copper |
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| Selenium | 50 µg | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | 200 µg | ‐ |
| Other ingredients | citrus bioflavonoid complex 125 mg quercitin (bioflavonoid) 50 mg bilberry extract (bioflavonoid) 5 mg rutin (bioflavonoid) 50 mg taurine 100 mg N‐acetyl cysteine 100 mg L‐glutathione 5 mg vitamin B2 25 mg chromium 100 µg |
‐ | omega‐3 fatty acids: EPA 240 mg and DHA 840 mg | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | 1.5 mg buphenine HCl | 400 IU vitamin D3 50 mg vitamin B1 10 mg vitamin B2 70 mg vitamin B3 50 mg vitamin B 550 mg vitamin B6 500 µg vitamin B12 800 µg folic acid 300 µg biotin 500 mg calcium 300 mg magnesium 75 µg iodine 2 mg manganese 200 µg chromium 75 µg molybdenum 600 µg lycopene 160 mg bilberry extract (standardized to 25% anthocyanosides) 150 mg alpha lipoic acid 200 mg N‐acetyl cysteine 100 mg quercetin 100 mg rutin 250 mg citrus bioflavonoids 50 mg plant enzymes 5 mg black pepper extract (BioperineB) 325 mg malic acid 900 mg taurine 100 mg L‐glycine 10 mg L‐glutathione 2 mg boron |
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