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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Nutr Cancer. 2011 Apr;63(3):367–375. doi: 10.1080/01635581.2011.535967

Table 3.

Plasma selenium concentrations by race and sex, Mt. Vernon Study

Blacks
 Whites
Plasma Selenium (ng/ml)
 Plasma Selenium (ng/ml)
Gender N Mean ± SD Range N Mean ± SD Range P valuea
Males 82 124 ± 15.3 92·3 - 165 86 133 ± 21.6 56.4 - 228 0.00004
Females 79 122 ± 18.0 81·5 - 175 89 135 ± 19.5 62.6 - 188 0.0027
All 161 1293 ± 16.7 81·5 - 175 175 134 ± 20.5 56.4 - 228 <0.000001
a

comparison between racial groups