@article{(Open Science Index):https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10005428,
	  title     = {Determinants of Selenium Intake in a High HIV Prevalence Fishing Community in Bondo District, Kenya},
	  author    = {Samwel Boaz Otieno and  Fred Were and  Ephantus Kabiru and  Kaunda Waza},
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	  abstract     = {A study was done to establish determinants of selenium intake in a high HIV prevalence fishing community in the Pala Bondo district, Kenya. It was established that most of the respondents (61%) were small holder Farmers and Fishermen χ2 (1, N=386) p<0.000, and that most of them (91.2%) had up to college level education χ2.(1, N=386) p<0.000, while the number of males and females were not significantly different χ (1, N=386) p=0.263 and 83.5% of respondents were married χ2 (1, N=386) p=0.000. The study showed that adults take on average 2.68 meals a day (N=382, SD=0.603), while children take 3.02 meals (N=386, SD=1.031) a day, and that in most households (82.6%) food is prepared by the women χ2 (1, N=386) p=0.000 and further that 50% of foods eaten in that community are purchased χ2 (1, N=386)=0.1818, p=0.6698. The foods eaten by 75.2% of the respondents were Oreochromis niloticus, Lates niloticus, and Sorghum bicolour, 64.1% vegetables and that both children and adults eat same types of food, and further that traditional foods which have become extinct are mainly vegetables (46%). The study established that selenium levels in foods eaten in Pala sub-locations varies with traditional vegetables having higher levels of selenium; for example, Laurnea cornuta (148.5 mg/kg), Cleome gynandra (121.5 mg/kg), Vignia ungulata (21.97 mg/kg), while Rastrineobola argentea (51 mg/kg), Lates niloticus (0), Oreochromis niloticus (0) Sorgum bicolour (19.97 mg/kg), and Sorgum bicolour (0). The study showed that there is an inverse relationship between foods eaten and selenium levels RR=1.21, p=0.000, with foods eaten by 75.2% of respondents (Oreochromis niloticus/Lates niloticus) having no detectable selenium. The four soil types identified in the study area had varying selenium levels with pleat loam (13.3 mg/kg), sandy loam (10.7 mg/kg), clay (2.8 mg/kg) and loam (4.8 mg/kg). It was concluded from this study that for the foods eaten by most of the respondents the selenium levels were below Daily Reference Intake.},
	    journal   = {International Journal of Medical and Health Sciences},
	  volume    = {10},
	  number    = {9},
	  year      = {2016},
	  pages     = {463 - 467},
	  ee        = {https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10005428},
	  url   	= {https://publications.waset.org/vol/117},
	  bibsource = {https://publications.waset.org/},
	  issn  	= {eISSN: 1307-6892},
	  publisher = {World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology},
	  index 	= {Open Science Index 117, 2016},
	}