Trace element profile and incidence of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and colorectal cancer: results from the EPIC-Potsdam cohort study
Maria Cabral, Olga Kuxhaus, Fabian Eichelmann, Johannes Kopp, Wiebke Alker, Julian Hackler +5 more
European Journal of Nutrition
Abstract
Different TEs were associated with the risk of developing T2D, CVD and CRC. The contrasting associations found for selenium with T2D and CRC point towards differential disease-related pathways.
Concepts
SeleniumMedicineHazard ratioType 2 diabetesInternal medicineEuropean Prospective Investigation into Cancer and NutritionGastroenterologyZinc