Selenium Nutritional Status of Rural Residents and Its Correlation with Dietary Intake Patterns in a Typical Low-Selenium Area in China

• Published in: Nutrients Vol. 12; no. 12; p. 3816
• Main Authors: Wang, Xiaoya, Li, Hairong, Yang, Linsheng, Kong, Chang, Wang, Jing, Li, Yingchun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 13.12.2020; MDPI
• Subjects: age; area; China; cluster analysis; correlation; Drinking water; eating habits; Food; food consumption; food intake; frequency; Grain; hairs; Nutrition research; Nutritional status; Physiology; Population; Questionnaires; Rice; Selenium; Stainless steel; Wheat; China; food consumption frequency; hair; Binxian; correlation; low-selenium area; hierarchical

China is recognized as a selenium-deficient country, and nutritional selenium intake has always been a concern. To clarify the current inhabitants’ selenium nutrition status and the characteristics of dietary consumption in low-selenium areas, samples of human hair and grains were collected, and foo...