Table 2

Percentage of subjects with Se levels below the threshold for optimal plasma glutathione peroxidase [45]


% of patients with


Study groups
low Se
sufficient Se

Controls
33,0
67,0
Ski jumpers
50,0
50,0
Ski runners
43,1
56,9
Children hypothyroidism
48,9
51,1
Children Hashimoto
46,4
53,6
Children hyperthroidism
75,0
25,0
Children polyendocrinopathy
66,7
33,3
Thyroid normal
49,5
50,5
Thyroid immunogenic
46,6
53,4
Subacute thyroiditis
76,0
24,0
Silent thyroiditis
84,6
15,4
follicular Ca
64,3
35,7
foll papillary Ca
63,6
36,4
giant cell papillary Ca
40,0
60,0
invasive Ca
75,0
25,0
papillary Ca
52,1
47,9

Moncayo et al. BMC Endocrine Disorders 2008 8:2   doi:10.1186/1472-6823-8-2