•Serum Selenium was measured in 13,887 US
adults
•
•Follow-up mortality data over 12 years
•
•Serum Selenium levels <130 ng/ml (1.6
umol/l)
Associated
with an inverse association between serum selenium and all-cause and cancer mortalities
•
•Serum Selenium levels >150 ng/ml (1.9
umol/l)
Associated
with a modest increase in all-cause mortality
•
•No association between serum Se and
cardiovascular mortality
•
•Normal Range:
Serum or
Plasma Selenium 80 -150
ng/ml
1.0
-1.85 umol/l