Table 2 Visceral adiposity according to quartiles of dietary se intake (µg/kg/d).

From: Significant reverse association between dietary selenium intake and visceral adiposity in the CODING study

Variables		Dietary Se intake (µg/kg/day)				P
Variables		Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	value
Overall	Number (n = 2932)	733	733	733	733
	Se (µg/kg/d)	0.140.96	0.971.31	1.321.79	1.806.69
	Weight (kg)	82.36 ± 0.68	77.35 ± 0.61^a	72.10 ± 0.53^ab	67.72 ± 0.46^abc	<0.001
	BMI (kg/m²)	29.46 ± 0.21	27.71 ± 0.18^a	26.15 ± 0.16^ab	24.53 ± 0.14^abc	<0.001
	WC (cm)	100.23 ± 0.57	95.09 ± 0.50^a	89.98 ± 0.45^ab	85.90 ± 0.41^abc	<0.001
	HC (cm)	106.94 ± 0.47	102.87 ± 0.39^a	99.47 ± 0.38^ab	94.89 ± 0.35^abc	<0.001
	WHR	0.94 ± 0.003	0.92 ± 0.003^a	0.90 ± 0.003^ab	0.91 ± 0.003^ab	<0.001
	VAT mass (g)	1207.35 ± 31.42	948.86 ± 28.82^a	708.60 ± 23.45^ab	507.05 ± 19.27^abc	<0.001
	VAT volume (cm³)	1279.79 ± 33.30	1005.79 ± 30.55^a	751.11 ± 24.85^ab	537.47 ± 20.42^abc	<0.001
Female	Number (n = 2109)	527	527	528	527
	Se (µg/kg/d)	0.140.99	1.001.35	1.361.81	1.826.69
	Weight (kg)	77.02 ± 0.74	71.15 ± 0.57^a	68.66 ± 0.54^ab	63.61 ± 0.43^abc	<0.001
	BMI (kg/m²)	29.14 ± 0.27	27.05 ± 0.21^a	25.91 ± 0.20^ab	24.31 ± 0.17^abc	<0.001
	WC (cm)	97.78 ± 0.69	92.04 ± 0.57^a	88.40 ± 0.53^ab	84.70 ± 0.49^abc	<0.001
	HC (cm)	107.62 ± 0.61	102.46 ± 0.46^a	99.99 ± 0.47^ab	95.41 ± 0.42^abc	<0.001
	WHR	0.91 ± 0.003	0.90 ± 0.003^a	0.88 ± 0.003^ab	0.89 ± 0.003^ab	<0.001
	VAT mass (g)	967.17 ± 30.10	726.21 ± 24.02^a	575.41 ± 21.28^ab	474.18 ± 19.35^abc	<0.001
	VAT volume (cm³)	1025.19 ± 31.91	769.78 ± 25.46^a	609.94 ± 22.55^ab	502.63 ± 20.51^abc	<0.001
Male	Number (n = 823)	205	206	206	206
	Se (µg/kg/d)	0.220.91	0.921.23	1.241.75	1.765.66
	Weight (kg)	93.80 ± 1.17	90.31 ± 1.08^a	85.32 ± 1.00^ab	79.08 ± 0.85^abc	<0.001
	BMI (kg/m²)	30.23 ± 0.34	28.87 ± 0.33^a	27.30 ± 0.28^ab	25.18 ± 0.24^abc	<0.001
	WC (cm)	105.31 ± 0.94	100.96 ± 0.89^a	96.78 ± 0.81^ab	89.40 ± 0.74^abc	<0.001
	HC (cm)	105.56 ± 0.68	102.56 ± 0.70^a	99.03 ± 0.64^ab	93.71 ± 0.64^abc	<0.001
	WHR	1.00 ± 0.004	0.98 ± 0.004^a	0.98 ± 0.004^a	0.95 ± 0.004^abc	<0.001
	VAT mass (g)	1711.61 ± 66.32	1458.95 ± 66.58^a	1195.16 ± 63.09^ab	620.51 ± 45.00^abc	<0.001
	VAT volume (cm³)	1814.30 ± 70.30	1546.48 ± 70.57^a	1266.87 ± 66.88^ab	657.74 ± 50.87^abc	<0.001

^a compared with Q1, P<0.05;^b compared with Q2, P<0.05༛^c compared with Q3, P<0.05. BMI, body mass index; WC, waist circumference; HC, hip circumference; WHR, waist-to-hip ratio; Se, selenium; VAT, visceral adipose tissue.

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Table 2 Visceral adiposity according to quartiles of dietary se intake (µg/kg/d).

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