Investigation and Evaluation of Selenium Nutrition in Huaibei Inhabitants / 环境与健康杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate the selenium nutrition level of Huaibei inhabitants and to supply valid data to Chinese Microelement Nutrition Database. Methods 513 healthy people living in Huaibei for more than 10 years were selected randomly from September 2003 to June 2004. The selenium content in hair was measured by catalytic polarographic method to delimit selenium richness region. According to the selenium content in hair,the intake of selenium from food was estimated. The investigation results were evaluated by the standard of Chinese Dietary Reference Intakes. Results The selenium content in hair was (0.390 3?0.104 5) ?g/g in Huaibei inhabitants,only 51.9% of the people reached the proper level. The average intake of selenium of Huaibei inhabitants was (31.92?9.93) ?g/d,which showed that the selenium nutrition level of Huaibei inhabitants was lower than the standard of Chinese Dietary Reference Intakes except children between 0 to 6 years old. The percent which satisfied RNI and EAR standard occupied 19.9% (102/513) and 32.9% (169/513) respectively,which were also much lower than the 50% of physiological necessary level. Conclusion The selenium intake from food in Huaibei inhabitants was scarce obviously. To increase the selenium intake properly will be a wise selection.