The association between selenium and lipid levels: A longitudinal study in rural elderly Chinese. Issue 1 (January 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chen, Chen; Jin, Yinlong; Unverzagt, Frederick W.; Cheng, Yibin; Hake, Ann M.; Liang, Chaoke; Ma, Feng; Su, Liqin; Liu, Jingyi; Bian, Jianchao; Li, Ping; Gao, Sujuan
• Is Part Of: Archives of gerontology and geriatrics. Volume 60:Issue 1(2015:Jan./Feb.)
• Page Start: 147
• Page End: 152
• Publication Date: 2015-01
• Subjects: Aging -- Periodicals; Geriatrics -- Periodicals; Gerontology -- Periodicals; Electronic journals; 305.26
• DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2014.09.005
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0167-4943

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="author-highlights" id="abs0005"> <title id="sect0005">Highlights</title> <sec> <p id="spar0005"> <list id="lis0005"> <list-item id="lsti0005"> <label></label> <p id="par0005">In 7-year follow up of an elderly Chinese cohort including participants from selenium-deplete areas, we found that subjects with the higher selenium levels had greater decrease in total cholesterol and greater increase in HDL from baseline to follow-up examination compared to those with lowest selenium levels, suggested that adequate dietary selenium intake as a potential prevention strategy for lowering lipid levels in selenium deplete populations.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0010"> <label></label> <p id="par0135">In prospective analysis, we found that participants with the higher selenium levels had greater decrease in total cholesterol and greater increase in HDL from baseline to follow-up examination compared to those with lowest selenium levels, which suggested that adequate dietary selenium intake as a potential prevention strategy for lowering lipid levels in selenium deplete populations.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </sec> </abstract>