ArticleThe British journal of nutrition2020
Maternal dietary selenium intake is associated with increased gestational length and decreased risk of preterm delivery.
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- Association of maternal prenatal selenium concentration and preterm birth: a multicountry meta-analysis.BMJ global health · 2021Pooled it
- A Multicountry Analysis of Maternal Selenium Status in Pregnancy and Lactation and Infant Birth Outcomes: Findings from the Women First Maternal Preconception Study.The Journal of nutrition · 2026Trial
- Associations between maternal and infant selenium status and child growth in a birth cohort from Dhaka, Bangladesh.The British journal of nutrition · 2023Trial
- Effects of selenium supplementation on pregnancy outcomes and disease progression in HIV-infected pregnant women in Lagos: A randomized controlled trial.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2021Trial
- Association of neonatal metrics, metabolic risk factors, and metal levels in children with obesity.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Is Maternal Selenium Status Associated with Pregnancy Outcomes in Physiological and Complicated Pregnancy?Nutrients · 2024Article
- Gestational thyroid hormone concentrations and risk of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study.Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology · 2023Article
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- The Role of Selenoprotein Tissue Homeostasis in MetS Programming: Energy Balance and Cardiometabolic Implications.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Preterm Labor, a Syndrome Attributed to the Combination of External and Internal Factors.Maternal-fetal medicine (Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.) · 2022Review
- Maternal Dietary Selenium Intake during Pregnancy and Neonatal Outcomes in the Norwegian Mother, Father, and Child Cohort Study.Nutrients · 2021Article
- Infant Iodine and Selenium Status in Relation to Maternal Status and Diet During Pregnancy and Lactation.Frontiers in nutrition · 2021Article
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- A Review of the Potential Interaction of Selenium and Iodine on Placental and Child Health.Nutrients · 2020Review
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Abstract
The first positive genome-wide association study on gestational length and preterm delivery showed the involvement of an Se metabolism gene. In the present study, we examine the association between maternal intake of Se and Se status with gestational length and preterm delivery in 72 025 women with singleton live births from the population-based, prospective Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study (MoBa). A self-reported, semi-quantitative FFQ answered in pregnancy week 22 was used to estimate Se intake during the first half of pregnancy. Associations were analysed with adjusted linear and Cox regressions. Se status was assessed in whole blood collected in gestational week 17 (n 2637). Median dietary Se intake was 53 (interquartile range (IQR) 44-62) µg/d, supplements provided additionally 50 (IQR 30-75) µg/d for supplement users (n 23 409). Maternal dietary Se intake was significantly associated with prolonged gestational length (β per sd = 0·25, 95 % CI, 0·07, 0·43) and decreased risk of preterm delivery (n 3618, hazard ratio per sd = 0·92, 95 % CI, 0·87, 0·98). Neither Se intake from supplements nor maternal blood Se status was associated with gestational length or preterm delivery. Hence, the present study showed that maternal dietary Se intake but not intake of Se-containing supplements, during the first half of pregnancy was significantly associated with decreased risk of preterm delivery. Further investigations, preferably in the form of a large randomised controlled trial, are needed to elucidate the impact of Se on pregnancy duration.
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