Table 10.

Odds of severe chronic gastritis and gastric atrophy for methylmercury levels in hair at specified values of estimated selenium intake, adjusted for sex and total fish consumption frequency among 80 participants from 3 arctic communities, 2016 ^a.

MeHg in Hair	Estimated Se Intake from Fish/Whale
	0 (μg/kg bw/week)	2 (μg/kg bw/week)	4 (μg/kg bw/week)	6 (μg/kg bw/week)
Severe Chronic Gastritis
<0.25 (μg/g)
Adjusted Odds
95%CI	0.65 0.64, 0.67	0.51 0.50, 0.51	0.50 0.50, 0.50	0.50 0.50, 0.50
0.25–0.49 (μg/g)
Adjusted Odds
1	0.64 0.63, 0.65	0.57 0.51, 0.62	0.52 0.47, 0.57	0.51 0.48, 0.53
0.5–0.99 (μg/g)
Adjusted Odds
95%CI	0.61 0.52, 0.70	0.53 0.50, 0.57	0.51 0.49, 0.53	0.50 0.50, 0.51
≥1 (μg/g)
Adjusted Odds
95%CI	0.71 0.67, 0.75	0.50 0.50, 0.50	0.50 0.50, 0.50	0.50 0.50, 0.50
Gastric Atrophy
<0.25 (μg/g)
Adjusted Odds
95%CI	0.61 0.55, 0.67	0.50 0.50, 0.50	-0.50 0.50, 0.50	0.50 0.50, 0.50
0.25–0.49 (μg/g)
Adjusted Odds
95%CI	0.60 0.57, 0.63	0.55 0.45, 0.65	0.52 0.42, 0.62	0.51 0.45, 0.57
0.5–0.99 (μg/g)
Adjusted Odds
95%CI	0.53 0.50, 0.57	0.56 0.53, 0.59	0.59 0.56, 0.63	0.63 0.57, 0.70
≥1 (μg/g)
Adjusted Odds
95%CI	0.67 0.63, 0.71	0.57 0.49, 0.64	0.51 0.49, 0.53	0.50 0.50, 0.50

^aThese values are plotted in Figure 1