Table 3 Odds and 95% confidence interval for occurrence of cardiomyopathy in each tertile of selenium and zinc intake

Selenium

Model 1

1 (ref)

0.447 (0.172, 1.160)

0.144 (0.046, 0.455)

0.001

Model 2

1 (ref)

0.523 (0.185, 1.481)

0.180 (0.053, 0.611)

0.006

Model 3

1 (ref)

0.433 (0.137, 1.376)

0.198 (0.057, 0.693)

0.011

Zinc

Model 1

1 (ref)

0.394 (0.150, 1.033)

0.179 (0.060, 0.534)

0.002

Model 2

1 (ref)

0.331 (0.111, 0.984\5)

0.134 (0.039, 0.465)

0.001

Model 3

1 (ref)

0.342 (0.108, 1.086)

0.127 (0.035, 0.466)

0.002