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Prevalence of selenium deficiency in Thai HIV-infected children without severe HIV symptoms

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Regarding the comment from Campa1 for the different cutoff level for selenium (Se) deficiency, our team appreciates his interest in our publication.2 Through our previous analysis, we defined Se deficiency using the cutoff <0.1 μmol/l.3 Through this response, we would like to convey that we used the cutoff for Se deficiency at a level <0.9 μmol/l.4, 5, 6

At baseline, 79 (56%) of 141 children had Se deficiency without difference between groups (P=0.33) (Table 1). At week 48, 42 (43%) of 97 children in the ‘highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) group’ had Se deficiency and 15 (34%) of 44 children in the ‘no HAART group’ had Se deficiency (Table 1).

Table 1 Prevalence of selenium deficiency in HIV-infected children at baseline and weeks 48
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  2. Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

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Bunupuradah, T., Pinyakorn, S., Puthanakit, T. et al. Prevalence of selenium deficiency in Thai HIV-infected children without severe HIV symptoms. Eur J Clin Nutr 66, 1278 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/ejcn.2012.116

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