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A prospective study of plasma Selenoprotein P and lung cancer risk among low-income adults.

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Epplein, M; Burk, RF; Cai, Q; Hargreaves, MK; Blot, WJ
Published in: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev
July 2014

BACKGROUND: Epidemiologic studies have shown increased risks of lung cancer among adults with low blood levels of selenium, although evidence is inconsistent. In the United States, the incidence of lung cancer is higher and mean serum selenium levels lower among Blacks than Whites, but prior studies have not assessed the selenium-lung cancer association among Blacks. METHODS: From the prospective Southern Community Cohort Study, we identified 372 participants who provided blood samples and subsequently developed lung cancer. Selenoprotein P (SEPP1), the most abundant selenoprotein in plasma and a biomarker of selenium nutriture, was measured in the plasma from these individuals and from 716 matched controls. RESULTS: Mean SEPP1 levels were significantly (P < 0.0001) lower among Blacks than Whites. Conditional logistic regression models accounting for smoking revealed a significant trend of increasing OR of lung cancer with decreasing SEPP1 tertiles among Blacks (P = 0.0006) but not Whites (P = 0.69; Pinteraction = 0.10). The ORs and corresponding 95% confidence intervals of lung cancer risk among those with lowest versus highest tertile levels of SEPP1 were 2.4 (1.5-3.0) among Blacks and 1.1 (0.6-2.1) among Whites. CONCLUSIONS: Among a mostly low-income population in the southeastern United States, lower levels of SEPP1 were associated with an increasing risk of lung cancer among Blacks but not Whites. IMPACT: The combined findings of higher prevalence of low selenium status and higher lung cancer risk associated with low status raise the possibility that selenium deficiency may contribute to observed racial disparities in lung cancer incidence.

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Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev

DOI

EISSN

1538-7755

Publication Date

July 2014

Volume

23

Issue

7

Start / End Page

1238 / 1244

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Southeastern United States
  • Selenoprotein P
  • Prospective Studies
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Lung Neoplasms
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Epidemiology
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
 

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Epplein, M., Burk, R. F., Cai, Q., Hargreaves, M. K., & Blot, W. J. (2014). A prospective study of plasma Selenoprotein P and lung cancer risk among low-income adults. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, 23(7), 1238–1244. https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-13-1308
Epplein, Meira, Raymond F. Burk, Qiuyin Cai, Margaret K. Hargreaves, and William J. Blot. “A prospective study of plasma Selenoprotein P and lung cancer risk among low-income adults.Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 23, no. 7 (July 2014): 1238–44. https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-13-1308.
Epplein M, Burk RF, Cai Q, Hargreaves MK, Blot WJ. A prospective study of plasma Selenoprotein P and lung cancer risk among low-income adults. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2014 Jul;23(7):1238–44.
Epplein, Meira, et al. “A prospective study of plasma Selenoprotein P and lung cancer risk among low-income adults.Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, vol. 23, no. 7, July 2014, pp. 1238–44. Pubmed, doi:10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-13-1308.
Epplein M, Burk RF, Cai Q, Hargreaves MK, Blot WJ. A prospective study of plasma Selenoprotein P and lung cancer risk among low-income adults. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2014 Jul;23(7):1238–1244.

Published In

Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev

DOI

EISSN

1538-7755

Publication Date

July 2014

Volume

23

Issue

7

Start / End Page

1238 / 1244

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Southeastern United States
  • Selenoprotein P
  • Prospective Studies
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Lung Neoplasms
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Epidemiology
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay