Characteristics of the study participants
±, CKD, chronic kidney disease
As illustrated in Characteristics of participants by tertiles of plasma seleniumFor continuous variables, values are presented as means ± SDs. CKD, chronic kidney disease; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; In addition, during the treatment period, the frequencies in use of concomitant calcium channel blockers, diuretics, antiplatelet drugs, and lipid-lowering drugs were similar across all plasma Se tertiles. However, participants with higher Se levels also had a higher frequency of glucose-lowering drug use (