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