Article
Serum magnesium and the risk of prediabetes: a population-based cohort study.
Diabetologia - 1 May 2017
Kieboom Brenda C T, Ligthart Symen, Dehghan Abbas, Kurstjens Steef, de Baaij Jeroen H F, Franco Oscar H, Hofman Albert, Zietse Robert, Stricker Bruno H, Hoorn Ewout J
Abstract excerpt
AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Previous studies have found an association between serum magnesium and incident diabetes; however, this association may be due to reverse causation, whereby diabetes may induce urinary magnesium loss. In contrast, in prediabetes (defined as impaired fasting glucose), serum glucose levels are below the threshold for urinary magnesium wasting and, hence, unlikely to influence serum magnesium...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
