Blood pressure levels and hypertension prevalence in a high selenium environment: results from a cross-sectional study

Recent human and laboratory studies have suggested the possibility that selenium overexposure may increase blood pressure. We sought to ascertain whether adults living in a seleniferous area exhibit an association between selenium exposure and both blood pressure levels as well as prevalence of hypertension.

Source: Nutrition, Metabolism, and Cardiovascular Diseases : NMCD - January 24, 2019 Category: Nutrition Authors: Marco Vinceti, Rajinder Chawla, Tommaso Filippini, Chander Dutt, Silvia Cilloni, Rinchu Loomba, Annalisa Bargellini, Nicola Orsini, Karaj S. Dhillon, Paul Whelton Source Type: research