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In Brazilian adults, people who consume more selenium tend to be women, older than 60, have higher income or education, drink alcohol, or engage in regular physical activity. People who consume less...
In Brazilian adults, the majority of selenium intake comes from nuts, cooked fish, and boneless meat, with nuts providing nearly 29% of total selenium consumption.
In older adults with low selenium levels, taking selenium and coenzyme Q10 supplements is associated with higher levels of reverse T3, a thyroid hormone metabolite, which may indicate a biological...
In older adults with low selenium levels, taking selenium and coenzyme Q10 supplements for four years results in a smaller rise in thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels compared to taking a...
In older adults with low selenium levels, low levels of the thyroid hormone fT3 are linked to poorer mental and physical well-being. Taking selenium and coenzyme Q10 supplements removes this link and...
In older adults with low selenium levels, higher baseline TSH levels are linked to a 35% increased risk of dying from cardiovascular disease over 10 years. Taking selenium and coenzyme Q10...
In older adults with low selenium levels, taking 200 micrograms of selenium and 200 milligrams of coenzyme Q10 daily for four years is associated with an increase in free triiodothyronine and a...
People living near volcanoes do not show significantly higher levels of trace elements in their thyroids than those living elsewhere, indicating that volcanic emissions do not lead to meaningful...
The thyroid holds much higher levels of bromine, manganese, selenium, and tin than surrounding muscle and fat in both humans and rats, which suggests these elements may have a functional role in how...
The thyroid naturally holds more of the toxic metals arsenic, cadmium, and mercury than nearby muscle and fat in humans, and arsenic and mercury in rats, which may make it more susceptible to damage...
Both human and rat thyroids contain nearly the same dominant trace elements—zinc, bromine, copper, chromium, selenium, and manganese—in roughly the same proportions, suggesting that the way the...
The thyroid gland naturally holds much higher levels of certain elements like bromine, manganese, selenium, and tin, as well as toxic metals like arsenic, cadmium, and mercury, than nearby muscle and...
In people with chronic fatigue syndrome, those with specific antibodies against selenoprotein P show lower levels of a combined measure of thyroid hormone activation and iodine intake than those...
People with chronic fatigue syndrome who have specific antibodies targeting selenoprotein P excrete less iodine in their urine than those without these antibodies or healthy individuals, suggesting a...
People with chronic fatigue syndrome who have autoantibodies targeting selenoprotein P show lower levels of markers indicating thyroid hormone conversion to its active form, compared to those without...
In people with chronic fatigue syndrome who have specific autoantibodies, selenium in the blood does not correlate with the activity of an enzyme called glutathione peroxidase 3, suggesting that...
A specific type of antibody that targets selenoprotein P is found in a higher percentage of people with chronic fatigue syndrome than in people without the condition.
In people with low selenium levels, the ratio of two thyroid hormones (FT4 to FT3) tends to rise more reliably than the individual levels of those hormones, making it a better marker for detecting...
People with low selenium levels have lower amounts of free T3 hormone in their blood compared to those with normal thyroid function, but their free T4 and TSH levels do not consistently rise,...
In people with very low selenium levels, lower selenium amounts are linked to a higher ratio of inactive thyroid hormone (FT4) to active thyroid hormone (FT3), indicating that selenium deficiency may...
In people with low selenium levels, taking selenium supplements lowers free T4 and the ratio of free T4 to free T3 while raising free T3 levels, suggesting that selenium plays a role in how the body...
In people with low selenium levels from limited food intake or nutritional support, a specific blood ratio of thyroid hormones (free T4 to free T3) is higher than in people with normal selenium...
In people with thyroid disease, the levels of iodine, selenium, and zinc in thyroid tissue are typically within the range seen in earlier studies, even though the general population may have slightly...
In the thyroid gland, iodine levels differ greatly from one follicle to another, while selenium and zinc levels remain relatively consistent across follicles, suggesting iodine is actively regulated...