Selenium in the Prevention of Anthracycline-Induced Cardiac Toxicity in Children with Cancer

Table 1

Selenium and Pro-BNP levels of patients.

	Normal Pro-BNP		High Pro-BNP and/or abnormal
	(𝑛=56)		ECHO (𝑛=11)
	Range	Median	Range	Median
*Pro-BNP (pg/mL)	8.2–119.6	32.4	10–8022	226.3
**Selenium (mcg/L)***	51.3–150	99.4	20–129	62

* 𝑃<0.001.
** 𝑃<0.001.
*** 𝑛=26 (twenty-six of fifty-six patients with normal Pro-BNP were measured for Se level) Mann Whitney 𝑈 test was used, and median (range) was given as descriptive statistics.