First review on the selenium status in Germany covering the last 50 years and on the selenium content of selected food items.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Selenium is important for human health. However, the selenium status and selenium intake of the German population has not been recorded in a representative study so far.

Material and methods

Thus, literature from the last 50 years was screened in a systematic way and the results of various studies were pulled together to shed light on the selenium status of the German population. Moreover, the selenium content of selected food items that were either found on the German market or grown in Germany was researched and evaluated.

Results

Of 3542 articles identified, 37 studies met the inclusion criteria. These 37 studies comprised a total of 8,010 healthy adults living in Germany with a weighted arithmetic mean of 82 μg/l selenium in plasma or serum. The resul

SUBMITTER: Liaskos M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9899741 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature