title: Plasma selenium levels in healthy blood bank donors in the central-eastern part of Belgium.
abstract: Graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry, with Zeeman background correction and after improved matrix modification, was used to measure the plasma selenium content of healthy blood bank donors in the central part of Belgium. The mean plasma selenium concentration of 80 men and 80 women was 79.7+/-4.4ng/mL with a range of 55.0-117.4ng/mL. There was no gender difference observed. Plasma selenium level was significantly highest for the adult group, aged 45-64 years, compared to the others, except the young adults (18-24 years). The mean plasma selenium concentration measured corresponded well with literature data for Belgium. The obtained values were found to be in the medium range, compared with recent literature values for the European countries.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Nutrition and Functional Food Science, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Antwerp, Belgium.
authors.forename: Rudy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Van Cauwenbergh
authors.forename: Harry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Robberecht
authors.forename: Veerle
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Van Vlaslaer
authors.forename: Annie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: De Smet
authors.forename: Marie-Paule
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Emonds
authors.forename: Nina
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hermans
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001530:Belgium; D001771:Blood Banks; D001782:Blood Donors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012643:Selenium / Q000097:blood*; D012737:Sex Factors
chemical_list: D012643:Selenium