Table 2.
Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | |
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β (95% CI) | β (95% CI) | β (95% CI) | |
Blood selenium level (ug/L, quartile) | |||
Q1 | Reference | Reference | Reference |
Q2 | 1.03 (0.85, 1,25) | 1.00 (0.82, 1.22) | 0.94 (0.74, 1.19) |
Q3 | 1.34 (1.10, 1.63) | 1.30 (1.06, 1.59) | 1.23 (0.97, 1.57) |
Q4 | 1.45 (1.19, 1.77) | 1.36 (1.11, 1.67) | 1.31 (1.03, 1.67) |
P for trend | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 |
Model 1: no covariates were adjusted. Model 2: age, gender and race/ethnicity, education level were adjusted. Model 3: age, gender, race/ethnicity, BMI, waist circumference, smoking status, physical activity, dietary selenium intake and diabetes were adjusted.