Distribution of toenail selenium levels in young adult Caucasians and African Americans in the United States: The CARDIA Trace Element Study

Environmental Research

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 514-519

  Xun, Pengcheng ^a,b   Bujnowski, Deborah ^a,b   Liu, Kiang ^c   Steve Morris, J ^d   Guo, Zhongqin ^a,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 NINGXIA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

American young adults; Distribution; Ethnicity; Selenium; Toenail

Indexed keywords

SELENIUM;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; DISEASE CONTROL; ETHNICITY; HEALTH RISK; LIFESTYLE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELENIUM; SMOKING; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NAIL; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOIL POLLUTION; TOE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NAILS; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955110682     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2011.01.016     Document Type: Article

References (56)

1. Burguera J.L., et al. Blood serum selenium in the province of Merida, Venezuela, related to sex, cancer incidence and soil selenium content. J. Trace Elem. Electrolytes Health Dis. 1990, 4:73-77.
2. Dhindsa H.S., et al. Plasma selenium concentrations in a Sikh population in Sydney, Australia. Analyst 1998, 123:885-887.
3. Diplock A.T. Trace elements in human health with special reference to selenium. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 1987, 45:1313-1322.
4. Dutta S.K., et al. Selenium and acute alcoholism. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 1983, 38:713-718.
5. Fehily A.M., et al. Diet, smoking, social class, and body mass index in the Caerphilly Heart Disease Study. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 1984, 40:827-833.
6. Flores-Mateo G., et al. Selenium and coronary heart disease: a meta-analysis. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 2006, 84:762-773.
7. Friedman G.D., et al. CARDIA: study design, recruitment, and some characteristics of the examined subjects. J. Clin. Epidemiol. 1988, 41:1105-1116.
8. Ghadirian P., et al. A case-control study of toenail selenium and cancer of the breast, colon, and prostate. Cancer Detect. Prev. 2000, 24:305-313.
9. Glauser T.A., et al. Racial differences in free radical scavenging enzyme activity in children. J. Child Neurol. 1999, 14:382-387.
10. Goodman G.E., et al. Predictors of serum selenium in cigarette smokers and the lack of association with lung and prostate cancer risk. Cancer Epidemiol. Biomarkers Prev. 2001, 10:1069-1076.
11. Guallar E., et al. Mercury, fish oils, and the risk of myocardial infarction. N. Engl. J. Med. 2002, 347:1747-1754.
12. Helzlsouer K., et al. Acute selenium intoxication in the United States. Fed. Proc. 1985, 44:1670.
13. Houston T.K., et al. Active and passive smoking and development of glucose intolerance among young adults in a prospective cohort: CARDIA study. Br. Med. J. 2006, 332:1064-1069.
14. Hu Y.J., et al. Distribution and functional consequences of nucleotide polymorphisms in the 3'-untranslated region of the human Sep15 gene. Cancer Res. 2001, 61:2307-2310.
15. Hunter D.J., et al. Predictors of selenium concentration in human toenails. Am. J. Epidemiol. 1990, 132:114-122.
16. Hunter D.J., et al. A prospective study of selenium status and breast cancer risk. J. Am. Med. Assoc. 1990, 264:1128-1131.
17. Hurst R., et al. Establishing optimal selenium status: results of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 2010, 91:923-931.
18. Joliet J.F. Duration of the life span of erythrocytes. C.R. Hebd Seances Acad. Sci. 1953, 237:1797-1799.
19. Kardinaal A.F., et al. Association between toenail selenium and risk of acute myocardial infarction in European men. The EURAMIC Study. European Antioxidant Myocardial Infarction and Breast Cancer. Am. J. Epidemiol. 1997, 145:373-379.
20. Knekt P., et al. Serum selenium and subsequent risk of cancer among Finnish men and women. J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 1990, 82:864-868.
21. Knekt P., et al. Is low selenium status a risk factor for lung cancer?. Am. J. Epidemiol. 1998, 148:975-982.
22. Kotsopoulos J., et al. Toenail selenium status and DNA repair capacity among female BRCA1 mutation carriers. Cancer Causes Control 2010, 21:679-687.
23. Krogh V., et al. Toenail selenium as biomarker: reproducibility over a one-year period and factors influencing reproducibility. J. Trace Elem. Med. Biol. 2003, 17(Suppl. 1):31-36.
24. Lloyd B., et al. Effect of smoking, alcohol, and other factors on the selenium status of a healthy population. J. Epidemiol. Community Health 1983, 37:213-217.
25. Longnecker M.P., et al. Use of selenium concentration in whole blood, serum, toenails, or urine as a surrogate measure of selenium intake. Epidemiology 1996, 7:384-390.
26. Longnecker M.P., et al. Selenium in diet, blood, and toenails in relation to human health in a seleniferous area. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 1991, 53:1288-1294.
27. Luty-Frackiewicz A., et al. Effect of smoking and alcohol consumption on the serum selenium level of Lower Silesian population. Sci. Total Environ. 2002, 285:89-95.
28. MacFarquhar J.K., et al. Acute selenium toxicity associated with a dietary supplement. Arch. Intern. Med. 2010, 170:256-261.
29. Michaud D.S., et al. Toenail selenium concentrations and bladder cancer risk in women and men. Br. J. Cancer 2005, 93:804-806.
30. Monsen E.R. Dietary reference intakes for the antioxidant nutrients: vitamin C, vitamin E, selenium, and carotenoids. J. Am. Diet Assoc. 2000, 100:637-640.
31. Morris J.S., et al. Quality control in the neutron activation analysis of biological markers for selenium in epidemiological investigations. J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem. 2008, 276:7-13.
32. Morris J.S., et al. Dietary selenium in humans: toenails as an indicator. Biol. Trace Elem. Res. 1983, 5:529-537.
33. Morris, J.S., Veatch, A.E., Spate, V.L., 2004. INAA deternibation of selenium distribution in castrated and intact dogs. In: 11th International Conference on Modern Trends in Activation Analysis, vol. 214. Viridian Publishing, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK, 2004, pp. 161.
34. Niskar A.S., et al. Serum selenium levels in the US population: third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-1994. Biol. Trace Elem. Res. 2003, 91:1-10.
35. Rayman M.P. Selenium in cancer prevention: a review of the evidence and mechanism of action. Proc. Nutr. Soc. 2005, 64:527-542.
36. Russo M.W., et al. Plasma selenium levels and the risk of colorectal adenomas. Nutr. Cancer 1997, 28:125-129.
37. Shacklette, H.T., Boerngen, J.G., 1984. Element concentrations in soils and other surficial materials of the conterminous United States. US Department of the Interior For sale by the Distribution Branch, U.S. Geological Survey, Alexandria, VA.
38. Smith A.M., et al. Generational differences in selenium status of women. Biol. Trace Elem. Res. 2000, 75:157-165.
39. StataCorp L.P. Getting started with Stata for Windows, release 11 2009, StataCorp LP, College Station, Texas.
40. Swanson C.A., et al. Selenium intake, age, gender, and smoking in relation to indices of selenium status of adults residing in a seleniferous area. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 1990, 52:858-862.
41. van den Brandt P.A., et al. Toenail selenium levels and the subsequent risk of prostate cancer: a prospective cohort study. Cancer Epidemiol. Biomarkers Prev. 2003, 12:866-871.
42. Vogt T.M., et al. Serum selenium and risk of prostate cancer in U.S. blacks and whites. Int. J. Cancer 2003, 103:664-670.
43. Vogt T.M., et al. Racial differences in serum selenium concentration: analysis of US population data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Am. J. Epidemiol. 2007, 166:280-288.
44. White J.G., Zasoski R.J. Mapping soil micronutrients. Field Crops Res. 1999, 60:11-26.
45. Willett W. Nutritional epidemiology: issues and challenges. Int. J. Epidemiol. 1987, 16:312-317.
46. Willett W.C. Nutritional Epidemiology 1998, Oxford University Press, New York, NY.
47. Willett W.C., et al. Prediagnostic serum selenium and risk of cancer. Lancet 1983, 2:130-134.
48. Xun P., et al. Longitudinal association between toenail selenium levels and measures of subclinical atherosclerosis: the CARDIA trace element study. Atherosclerosis 2010, 210:662-667.
49. Xun P., et al. Associations of toenail selenium levels with inflammatory biomarkers of fibrinogen, high-sensitivity c-reactive protein, and interleukin-6: The CARDIA Trace Element Study. Am. J. Epidemiol. 2010, 171:793-800.
50. Yang G., et al. Studies of safe maximal daily dietary Se-intake in a seleniferous area in China. Part II: relation between Se-intake and the manifestation of clinical signs and certain biochemical alterations in blood and urine. J. Trace Elem. Electrolytes Health Dis. 1989, 3:123-130.
51. Yang G., et al. Studies of safe maximal daily dietary selenium intake in a seleniferous area in China. I. Selenium intake and tissue selenium levels of the inhabitants. J. Trace Elem. Electrolytes Health Dis. 1989, 3:77-87.
52. Yang G.Q., et al. Endemic selenium intoxication of humans in China. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 1983, 37:872-881.
53. Yoshizawa K., et al. Prospective study of selenium levels in toenails and risk of coronary heart disease in men. Am. J. Epidemiol. 2003, 158:852-860.
54. Yoshizawa K., et al. Mercury and the risk of coronary heart disease in men. N. Engl. J. Med. 2002, 347:1755-1760.
55. Yoshizawa K., et al. Study of prediagnostic selenium level in toenails and the risk of advanced prostate cancer. J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 1998, 90:1219-1224.
56. Young K.J., Lee P.N. Intervention studies on cancer. Eur. J. Cancer Prev. 1999, 8:91-103.