[Plasma selenium level and its influencing factors in Chinese child-bearing-aged women in 2015].

Abstract

Objective: To assess the plasma selenium(Se) level of child-bearing-aged women and discuss the influence factor for low-Se level.

Methods: Using the muti-stage stratified and population proportional cluster random sampling method, 1881 child-bearing-aged women aged 18 to 44 years were selected from China Adult Chronic Disease and Nutrition Surveillance(2015) Data. The basic information of the subjects was collected by unified electronic questionnaires and equipments were used for field survey, measurement and record. Plasma Se concentration was detected by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Plasma low-Se level were assessed using lower limit of plasma/serum Se established by the Mayo Clinic Laboratory and our laboratory, respectively. Influence factors of low-Se level were analyzed by the multivariate logistic regression model.

Results: The M(P25, P75) plasma Se concentration for Chinese child-bearing-aged women was 89.52(74.21, 105.03)μg/L. Nationality, location, urban-rural type and education level difference had influence on plasma Se level in this population(P<0.05). According to the lower limit of plasma/serum Se concentration established by the Mayo clinical laboratories(<70 μg/L) and our laboratories(<73.81 μg/L), the low-Se rate were 20.47% and 24.51%, respectively. There were significantly differences in low-Se rate among nationality, location, urban-rural type, education level and marital status(P<0.05). The multivariate logistic regression model showed that location and urban-rural type had significant effects on low-Se rate of child-bearing-aged women(P<0.05).

Conclusion: The plasma low-Se rate of Chinese women of childbearing age is relatively high and higher prevalence low-Se was found in western and central regions and rural areas in China.