Fig. 3

Estimates of the effects of an increase of 15.7 μmol/l plasma vitamin C on CHD 5-year mortality estimated from the observational epidemiological EPIC [6] and the randomised controlled Heart Protection Study [7] (EPIC m men, age-adjusted; EPIC m* men, adjusted for systolic blood pressure, cholesterol, BMI, smoking, diabetes and vitamin supplement use; EPIC f women, age-adjusted; EPIC f* women, adjusted for systolic blood pressure, cholesterol, BMI, smoking, diabetes and vitamin supplement use)