Selenium and Reduced High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein Level

• The effects of selenium supplementation on cardiovascular risk factors in patients with metabolic diseases ‒ A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

  • 2026-06-01
  • Meta-Analysis · n = 656
  • Nutricion hospitalaria 43(3)
  • • Weixiu Qiu
    • Na Huang
    • Kexin Zhang
    • Hongyan Qiu
    • Zhentao Guo
    • Fang Han
    • Xiaodong Sun
    • Ningning Hou
    • Chengxia Kan

  • PubMed: 41738711
  • DOI: 10.20960/nh.05977

  16 Insights on

  • Reduced High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein Level

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  dietary selenium significantly reduced ... high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (p < 0.00001)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  dietary selenium (supplements)