Correlates of toenail selenium and its cross-sectional association with metabolic syndrome.
H JangJ S MorrisKyong ParkPublished in: Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association (2018)
Multiple lifestyle and dietary factors influenced toenail selenium levels, although no meaningful association was observed between toenail selenium levels and metabolic syndrome in Korean adults. Future prospective large-scale cohort studies are required to determine whether there is a causal relationship between selenium levels and metabolic syndrome in Korean adults.