Selenium and Reduced Colitis-Related Mortality

• Low level of selenium predicts high incidence of colorectal cancer.

  • 2026-04-07
  • Meta-Analysis · n = 16
  • BMC public health 26(1)
  • • Jiacheng Ying
    • Hongsheng Fang
    • Cheng Zhang
    • Tianlong Ling
    • Jiayin Tang

  • PubMed: 41947091
  • DOI: 10.1186/s12889-026-26379-4

  3 Insights on

  • Reduced Colitis-Related Mortality

  • High evidence

  significant inverse associations...in colon cancer (RR = 0.81, 95% CI = 0.68–0.97)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes