Table 3.

Relationships Between the Circulating Selenium and hs-CRP Concentrations and FBG and HbA1c in the Three BMI Groups

	FBG (mg/dL)				HbA1c (mg/dL)
	B*	SE	Beta**	P-value	B*	SE	Beta**	P-value
Model 1
Serum selenium (µg/L)
Entire sample (N=655)	0.113	0.028	0.157	0.000	0.003	0.001	0.102	0.009
Normal BMI (N=200)	0.104	0.049	0.149	0.035	0.003	0.002	0.110	0.120
Overweight (N=165)	0.085	0.041	0.112	0.037	−0.001	0.002	−0.071	0.367
Obese (N=290)	0.144	0.047	0.179	0.002	0.006	0.002	0.173	0.003
hs-CRP (mg/L)
Entire sample (N=655)	2.027	0.247	0.306	0.000	0.092	0.011	0.318	0.000
Normal BMI (N=200)	2.357	0.574	0.280	0.000	0.061	0.024	0.179	0.011
Overweight (N=165)	0.295	0.391	0.059	0.452	0.020	0.015	0.103	0.189
Obese (N=290)	2.351	0.371	0.350	0.000	0.116	0.017	0.375	0.000
Model 2
Serum selenium (µg/L)
Entire sample (N=655)	0.091	0.026	0.127	0.001	0.002	0.001	0.077	0.043
Normal BMI (N=200)	0.073	0.047	0.104	0.120	0.042	0.021	0.047	0.547
Overweight (N=165)	0.051	0.038	0.098	0.179	0.056	0.071	0.063	0.427
Obese (N=290)	0.130	0.049	0.162	0.004	0.337	0.077	0.248	0.000
hs-CRP (mg/L)
Entire sample (N=655)	1.596	0.244	2.551	0.000	0.078	0.011	0.268	0.000
Normal BMI (N=200)	1.975	0.348	0.235	0.000	0.048	0.023	0.142	0.039
Overweight (N=165)	0.244	0.358	0.049	0.496	0.020	0.015	0.102	0.195
Obese (N=290)	2.054	0.376	0.305	0.000	0.102	0.017	0.332	0.000

Notes: *, **Non-standardized and Standardized regression coefficients, respectively. Model 1: adjusted for age. Model 2: adjusted for age and lifestyle factors (cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption), hypertension status, dyslipidemia, and metabolic syndrome status.