Eur J Heart Fail: Higher serum selenium is associated with lower mortality and risk of new heart failure

Malnutrition is a global health problem
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Approximately 800 million people worldwide suffer from various forms of malnutrition

Recently, cardiac vascular field on the prestigious journal European Journal of Heart Failure published a research paper, the researchers aimed to clarify the relationship between the general adult population the serum selenium levels and the risk of death and new-onset heart failure
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In the Dutch cohort, researchers measured serum selenium levels and retrospectively analyzed data from prospective evaluations
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The main outcome indicators of the study were all-cause mortality and the incidence of new-onset heart failure (HF), which were combined as a composite endpoint

Serum selenium levels were measured in 5973 subjects, and the average serum selenium concentration was 84.
6 (±19.
5) μg/L
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The average age was 53.

It can be seen that serum selenium concentration is independently related to multiple indicators of metabolic syndrome
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In addition, higher serum selenium levels are independently associated with non-smokers' mortality and decreased new-onset heart failure

Ali A.