Selenium and Improved Attention Span

• Effects of Selenium Supplementation in Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment or Alzheimer's Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

  • 2022-08-05
  • Meta-Analysis · n = 1,350
  • Nutrients 14(15)
  • • Meire Ellen Pereira
    • Júlia Vicentin Souza
    • Maria Eduarda Andrade Galiciolli
    • Fernanda Sare
    • Giovanna Scorsin Vieira
    • Isabeli Lopes Kruk
    • Cláudia Sirlene Oliveira

  • PubMed: 35956381
  • DOI: 10.3390/nu14153205

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  • Improved Attention Span

  • High evidence
  • Rigorous Journal
  • Clinical

  Studies that evaluated only Se supplementation observed an improvement in Se levels, glutathione peroxidase (GPX) activity, and in some cognitive tests in MCI patients

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes