The Claim
In older Chinese adults, selenium status shows no significant association with total thyroxine (TT4) levels, while showing significant associations with TSH, FT3, FT4, and TT3, indicating that selenium may influence thyroid hormone conversion or clearance rather than total thyroxine production.
What the research says
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In older Chinese adults, blood selenium levels are not linked to total thyroxine levels, but are linked to other thyroid hormones, suggesting selenium affects how these hormones are converted or cleared from the body, not how much total thyroxine is made.
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In older Chinese adults, selenium status is not significantly associated with total thyroxine (TT4) levels, despite significant associations with TSH, FT3, FT4, and TT3, suggesting that selenium may influence thyroid hormone conversion or clearance rather than total thyroxine production.
Higher selenium levels increase the activity of enzymes that convert the main thyroid hormone into its more active form, which signals the brain to reduce thyroid-stimulating hormone, while the total amount of the main hormone stays the same.
What the research says
1 studyStudy: Selenium Status Associates with Thyroid Hormone and Thyroid Dysfunction in Older Chinese Adults
In older Chinese adults, more selenium in the body is linked to higher levels of active thyroid hormones and lower TSH, but not to higher total thyroxine (TT4), which suggests selenium helps turn thyroid hormones into their active form instead of making more of the main hormone.
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