After controlling for various factors \u2014 such as participants\u2019 age, sex, smoking status and activity level \u2014 the researchers found that taking glucosamine\/chondroitin every day for a year or longer was associated with a 39 percent reduction in all-cause mortality.<\/p>\n
It was also linked to a 65 percent reduction in cardiovascular-related deaths. That\u2019s a category that includes deaths from stroke, coronary artery disease and heart disease, the United States\u2019 biggest killer.\u201d \u201cHe explains that because this is an epidemiological study \u2014 rather than a clinical trial \u2014 it doesn\u2019t offer definitive proof that glucosamine\/chondroitin makes death less likely. But he does call the results \u201cencouraging.\u201d\u201d.<\/p>\n
Glucosamine supplements may reduce overall mortality about as well as regular exercise does, according to a new epidemiological study from West Virginia University.<\/p>\n
\u201cDoes this mean that if you get off work at five o\u2019clock one day, you should just skip the gym, take a glucosamine pill and go home instead?\u201d said Dana King, professor and chair of the Department of Family Medicine, who led the study. \u201cThat\u2019s not what we suggest. Keep exercising, but the thought that taking a pill would also be beneficial is intriguing.\u201d<\/p>\n
He and his research partner, Jun Xiang \u2014 a WVU health data analyst \u2014 assessed data from 16,686 adults who completed the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 1999 to 2010. All of the participants were at least 40 years old. King and Xiang merged these data with 2015 mortality figures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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