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SUBMITTER: Wells EM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3661205 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Mar-Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology 20111123 2
Evidence suggests selenium concentrations outside the nutritional range may worsen cardiovascular health. This paper examines the relationship between selenium and maternal blood pressure (BP) among 270 deliveries using umbilical cord serum as a proxy for maternal exposure levels. Multivariable models used linear splines for selenium and controlled for gestational age, maternal age, race, median household income, parity, smoking, and prepregnancy body mass index. Non-parametric analysis of this ...[more]