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Effect of Ethanol Use and Other Lifestyle Variables on Measures of Selenium Status J E A N T. S N O O K l

Department o f Human Nutrition and Food Management The Ohio State Universio,, Columbus, OH 43210 R e c e i v e d 11 January 1990; A c c e p t e d 8 A u g u s t 1990

SNOOK, J. T. Effect of ethanol use and other lifestyle variables on measures of selenium status. ALCOHOL 8(1) 13-16, 1991. Relationships between blood lev61s of selenium (SE) and SE-dependent glutathione peroxidase (GPX) activity and selected lifestyle variables including ethanol ingestion, smoking behavior, nutrient intake, and nutrient supplement use were studied in 124 male and female subjects, half of whom drank alcoholic beverages lightly or moderately. Among the 19 independent lifestyle variables included in correlation and multiple regression analysis, ethanol intake was most strongly and consistently associated with levels of plasma and whole blood SE and plasma GPX activity, r= .32-.34, p