Remarkably, supplementation with 80 mg zinc daily (accompanied by 2 mg copper to prevent induction of copper deficiency) was associated with a highly significant 27% reduction in total mortality over 6 years of follow-up (RR, 0.73; 95% CI, 0.61–0.89) in the AREDS1 study examining the impact of nutritional supplements on progression of early age-related macular degeneration in the elderly [ 70 ].
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