Selenium - test result high although not supplementing

Result is 124 and the range is 53 - 105.

I've never really taken a selenium supplement (apart from a few drops years ago) so this has confused me!

Any ideas please? Thanks.

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Londinium - BH.

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Will check that out Londinium. Thanks.

[diogenes Remembering]

This ref may put your mind at rest:

Nutr J. 2005; 4: 32.

Published online 2005 Nov 14. doi: 10.1186/1475-2891-4-32

PMCID: PMC1308858

Serum concentration of Selenium in healthy individuals living in Tehran

R Safaralizadeh,1 GA Kardar,1 Z Pourpak,1 M Moin,1 A Zare,1 and S Teimouriancorresponding author1

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Abstract

Objective

To investigate whether daily diet provides adequate selenium intake in healthy men and women living in Tehran, Iran.

Method

Serum level of selenium was determined in 184 healthy individuals of both genders. The samples were divided into two age groups, adults and children, for analysis. The serum level of selenium was determined using hydride generation and flame atomic absorption spectroscopy.

Results

The mean and standard deviation of serum selenium levels in children (1–16 years) was 84.3 ± 11 μg/l and there was no significant difference between genders in this group. In adults (older than 16 years) the mean serum selenium level was 100.6 ± 13 SD μg/l; among women the mean was 93.9 ± 14 SD μg/l and among men it was 102.2 ± 12 SD μg/l. The mean selenium level in men was higher than in women and data analysis showed a significant difference between them (p < 0.005). There was also a positive correlation between higher selenium serum concentration and age in men (P < 0.001). Daily intake of selenium in men and women was calculated to be 67 μg and 62.1 μg respectively.

The normal range is mean +/- 2SD's so the upper limit for women would be 94 +2x14 = 122. So you at the top end of the normal range for women.

[Hidden in reply to diogenes]

Thanks very much diogenes, that's certainly reassuring.

[Persevere99 in reply to diogenes]

Hi Diogenes

I would very much appreciate your thoughts on my current selenium post.

Thanks

Persevere