Clinical Study

The Correlation between Dietary Selenium Intake and Type 2 Diabetes: A Cross-Sectional Population-Based Study on North Chinese Adults

Table 7

Causal associations between dietary Se and T2D in HDNNCDS.

Potential mediatorThe total effects (95% CI)Proportion via mediation (95% CI)Prop. mediated
value

FBG0.00086 (0.00046, 0.00127)0.54980 (0.29877, 0.86451)<0.001
HbA1c0.00063 (0.00016, 0.00116)0.79426 (0.41340, 2.41389)0.006
FINS0.00077 (0.00027, 0.00132)−0.00020 (−0.07005, 0.06494)0.986
HOMA-IR0.00076 (0.00024, 0.00119)0.04835 (−0.08660, 0.21473)0.328
HOMA-β0.00077 (0.00029, 0.00124)0.04563 (−0.03614, 0.17352)0.202

FBG: fasting blood glucose; HbA1c: haemoglobin A1c; FINS: fasting insulin; HOMA-IR: homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance; HOMA-β: homeostasis model assessment of β cell function.