Associations of toenail selenium levels with inflammatory biomarkers of fibrinogen, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, and interleukin-6

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 171, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 793-800

  Xun, Pengcheng ^a,b   Liu, Kiang ^c   Steven Morris, J ^a,b   Daviglus, Martha L ^c   Stevens, June ^d   Jacobs Jr , David R ^e   He, Ka ^a,b  

^a University of North Carolina   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Fibrinogen; Inflammation; Interleukin 6; Nails; Selenium

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; INTERLEUKIN 6; SELENIUM;

ANTIGEN; BIOMARKER; BLOOD; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH STATUS; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; PROTEIN; SELENIUM; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NAIL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NAILS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950428855     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq001     Document Type: Article

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