Skip to main content
. 2022 Aug 17;54(1):2259–2268. doi: 10.1080/07853890.2022.2110277

Table 2.

Association between blood selenium level and NAFLD diagnosed by vibration controlled transient elastography.

  Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
  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.