UNLABELLED: Selenium deficiency is associated with congestive heart failure (CHF) in geographic areas where dietary selenium intake is low and in individuals receiving total parenteral nutrition. Among 66 children with kwashiorkor (including marasmic-kwashiorkor), those who developed CHF had lower serum selenium concentrations than those who did not (32.9 +/- 8.3 vs 41.1 +/- 11.9 microg/L, mean +/- SD, p = 0.03). This association was independent of serum albumin and selenium status was not associated with severity of symptoms, anthropometric indices or HIV infection. CONCLUSION: This association raises the possibility that selenium may contribute to CHF in washiorkor.
UNLABELLED: Selenium deficiency is associated with congestive heart failure (CHF) in geographic areas where dietary selenium intake is low and in individuals receiving total parenteral nutrition. Among 66 children with kwashiorkor (including marasmic-kwashiorkor), those who developed CHF had lower serum selenium concentrations than those who did not (32.9 +/- 8.3 vs 41.1 +/- 11.9 microg/L, mean +/- SD, p = 0.03). This association was independent of serum albumin and selenium status was not associated with severity of symptoms, anthropometric indices or HIV infection. CONCLUSION: This association raises the possibility that selenium may contribute to CHF in washiorkor.
Authors: J Malcom; O Arnold; Jonathan G Howlett; Anique Ducharme; Justin A Ezekowitz; Martin J Gardner; Nadia Giannetti; Haissam Haddad; George A Heckman; Debra Isaac; Philip Jong; Peter Liu; Elizabeth Mann; Robert S McKelvie; Gordon W Moe; Anna M Svendsen; Ross T Tsuyuki; Kelly O'Halloran; Heather J Ross; Errol J Sequeira; Michel White Journal: Can J Cardiol Date: 2008-01 Impact factor: 5.223
Authors: Pedro Emmanuel Alvarenga Americano do Brasil; Andréa Pereira de Souza; Alejandro Marcel Hasslocher-Moreno; Sérgio Salles Xavier; Sonia Regina Lambert Passos; Maria de Fátima Ramos Moreira; Marília Santini de Oliveira; Gilberto Marcelo Sperandio da Silva; Roberto Magalhães Saraiva; Claudia Santos de Aguiar Cardoso; Andréa Silvestre de Sousa; Mauro Felippe Felix Mediano; Maria da Gloria Bonecini de Almeida; Otacílio da Cruz Moreira; Constança Britto; Tania Cremonini de Araújo-Jorge Journal: Trials Date: 2014-10-06 Impact factor: 2.279