Levels of plasma selenium and urinary total arsenic interact to affect the risk for prostate cancer
Journal
Food and Chemical Toxicology
Journal Volume
107
Pages
167-175
Date Issued
2017
Author(s)
Abstract
This study investigated whether plasma selenium levels modified the risk for prostate cancer (PC) related to arsenic exposure. We conducted a case-control study that included 318 PC patients and 318 age-matched, healthy control subjects. Urinary arsenic profiles were examined using HPLC-HG-AAS and plasma selenium levels were measured by ICP-MS. We found that plasma selenium levels displayed a significant dose-dependent inverse association with PC. The odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) for PC was 0.07 (0.04–0.13) among participants with a plasma selenium level >28.06 μg/dL vs. ?19.13 μg/dL. A multivariate analysis showed that participants with a urinary total arsenic concentration >29.28 μg/L had a significantly higher OR (1.75, 1.06–2.89) for PC than participants with ?29.89 μg/L. The combined presence of a low plasma selenium level and a high urinary total arsenic concentration exponentially increased the OR for PC, and additively interacted with PSA at levels ?20 ng/mL. This is the first epidemiological study to examine the combined effects of plasma selenium and urinary total arsenic levels on the OR for PC. Our data suggest a low plasma selenium level coupled with a high urinary total arsenic concentration creates a significant risk for aggressive PC. ? 2017 Elsevier Ltd
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Other Subjects
arsenic; selenium; arsenic; selenium; aged; arsenic urine level; Article; cancer inhibition; cancer risk; case control study; controlled study; high performance liquid chromatography; human; informed consent; limit of detection; limit of quantitation; major clinical study; male; mass spectrometry; prostate cancer; selenium blood level; urine level; blood; Prostatic Neoplasms; urine; Aged; Arsenic; Case-Control Studies; Humans; Male; Prostatic Neoplasms; Selenium
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd
Type
journal article