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Published in final edited form as: Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2009 Jun 16;2(4):369–376. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.108.831552

Table 4.

Adjusted odds ratios (95% CI) for the presence of hypertension comparing the four highest quintiles to the first quintile of serum selenium.

	Quintile of serum selenium (interval in µg/L)
	1^st < 122	2^nd 122 – 131	3^rd 132 – 139	4^th 140 – 149	5^th ≥ 150	p trend
Hypertension (%)	39.2	44.3	43.6	49.7	49.0
Model 1 ^*	1.00 (Reference)	1.37 (0.99, 1.90)	1.25 (1.01, 1.55)	1.95 (1.50, 2.55)	1.63 (1.13, 2.33)	0.05
Model 2 ^†	1.00 (Reference)	1.40 (1.01, 1.94)	1.25 (1.00, 1.56)	1.99 (1.43, 2.78)	1.72 (1.19, 2.50)	0.02
Model 3 ^‡	1.00 (Reference)	1.40 (1.01, 1.94)	1.26 (0.99, 1.59)	2.00 (1.42, 2.81)	1.73 (1.18, 2.53)	0.02

Model 1. Adjusted for sex, age (continuous), race / ethnicity (non-Hispanic White, non-Hispanic Black, Mexican American or other) and education (high school or higher vs. less than high school).

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Model 2. Further adjusted for body mass index (continuous), smoking (never, former, current), cotinine (continuous), and menopausal status (yes, no).

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Model 3. Further adjusted for use of vitamin / mineral supplements (yes, no).