Table 3 Visceral adiposity according to quartiles of dietary se intake (µg/d).

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

Variables		Dietary Se intake (µg/day)				P
Variables		Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	value
Overall	Number (n = 2932)	734	732	733	733
	Se (µg/d)	10.6072.02	72.0397.20	97.21128.21	128.22399.63
	Weight (kg)	73.04 ± 0.59	73.89 ± 0.60	75.72 ± 0.62^ab	76.89 ± 0.63^ab	<0.001
	BMI (kg/m²)	26.91 ± 0.18	26.97 ± 0.19	27.05 ± 0.19	26.92 ± 0.19	0.95
	WC (cm)	93.14 ± 0.52	93.12 ± 0.54	92.68 ± 0.53	92.27 ± 0.52	0.605
	HC (cm)	101.93 ± 0.42	101.66 ± 0.42	100.89 ± 0.44	99.70 ± 0.45^ab	0.001
	WHR	0.91 ± 0.003	0.91 ± 0.003	0.92 ± 0.003	0.93 ± 0.003^ab	0.007
	VAT mass (g)	892.65 ± 26.32	850.48 ± 28.54	823.79 ± 27.13^a	804.88 ± 29.42^abc	<0.001
	VAT volume (cm³)	946.21 ± 27.90	901.51 ± 30.25	873.21 ± 28.75^a	853.17 ± 31.18^abc	<0.001
Female	Number (n = 2109)	527	528	527	527
	Se (µg/d)	10.6069.62	69.6392.82	92.83121.92	121.93399.63
	Weight (kg)	69.17 ± 0.61	69.59 ± 0.59	70.97 ± 0.64	70.70 ± 0.62	0.117
	BMI (kg/m²)	26.51 ± 0.22	26.40 ± 0.21	26.76 ± 0.24	26.73 ± 0.23	0.618
	WC (cm)	91.13 ± 0.61	90.66 ± 0.60	90.88 ± 0.63	90.24 ± 0.62	0.764
	HC (cm)	101.69 ± 0.52	101.39 ± 0.49	101.61 ± 0.55	100.79 ± 0.55	0.619
	WHR	0.89 ± 0.003	0.89 ± 0.003	0.89 ± 0.003	0.89 ± 0.003	0.914
	VAT mass (g)	730.18 ± 24.76	681.12 ± 26.42	666.42 ± 25.23^a	665.04 ± 24.87^a	0.041
	VAT volume (cm³)	774.00 ± 26.25	721.99 ± 28.01	706.40 ± 26.74^a	704.94 ± 26.36^a	0.041
Male	Number (n = 823)	206	206	206	205
	Se (µg/d)	24.2579.29	79.30109.06	109.07145.35	145.36391.83
	Weight (kg)	87.46 ± 1.03	87.18 ± 1.13	88.10 ± 1.11	85.74 ± 1.13	0.481
	BMI (kg/m²)	28.41 ± 0.31	28.27 ± 0.34	27.98 ± 0.34	26.90 ± 0.31^abc	0.004
	WC (cm)	100.51 ± 0.84	99.45 ± 0.99	98.50 ± 0.95	93.94 ± 0.93^abc	<0.001
	HC (cm)	102.47 ± 0.62	100.88 ± 0.71	100.21 ± 0.78^a	97.26 ± 0.77^abc	<0.001
	WHR	0.98 ± 0.004	0.98 ± 0.005	0.98 ± 0.004	0.96 ± 0.004^abc	0.008
	VAT mass (g)	1459.14 ± 60.85	1314.37 ± 65.57	1286.18 ± 67.58^a	922.69 ± 70.62^abc	<0.001
	VAT volume (cm³)	1545.69 ± 64.50	1393.23 ± 69.50	1363.36 ± 71.63^a	978.05 ± 74.86^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 3 Visceral adiposity according to quartiles of dietary se intake (µg/d).

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