Serum selenium and lipid levels: Associations observed in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2011-2012

Environmental Research

Volumn 140, Issue , 2015, Pages 76-84

  Christensen, Krista ^a   Werner, Mark ^a   Malecki, Kristen ^b  

^a Bureau of Environmental and Occupational Health   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Lipids; NHANES; Selenium; Triglycerides

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; COTININE; FATTY ACID; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SELENIUM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANTIOXIDANT; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; HEALTH IMPACT; LIPID; LOGISTICS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELENIUM; SERUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DEMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELENIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; SELENIUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84964221948     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2015.03.020     Document Type: Article

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