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Magnesium Intake, Quality of Carbohydrates, and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: Results From Three U.S. Cohorts.

Diabetes care2017The record

1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint

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  • magnesium(2+) — decreases type 2 diabetes incidence

    Evidence strength: very limited.Findingreplicated ×3
    “In pooled analyses across the three cohorts, those with the highest magnesium intake had 15% lower risk of type 2 diabetes compared with those with the lowest intake (pooled multivariate HR in quintile 5 vs. 1: 0.85 [95% CI 0.80-0.91], P < 0.0001).”
    Quoted verbatim from Magnesium Intake, Quality of Carbohydrates, and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: Results From Three U.S. Cohorts..
    Study
    cohort
    Dose
    quintile 5 versus quintile 1 of dietary magnesium intake from food frequency questionnaire
    Population
    US adults without diabetes at baseline in the Nurses' Health Study, NHS2 and Health Professionals' Follow-Up Study, pooled across the three cohorts; highest versus lowest quintile of dietary magnesium intake

    Effect 0.85 hazard ratio, 95% CI 0.8 to 0.91

    Magnesium Intake, Quality of Carbohydrates, and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: Results From Three U.S. Cohorts.2017PMID:2897867210.2337/dc17-1143Permalink