Lower Plasma Magnesium, Measured by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, is Associated with Increased Risk of Developing Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Women: Results from a Dutch Prospective Cohort Study

Overview

Journal J Clin Med

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2019 Feb 6

PMID 30717286

Citations 10

Authors

Joelle C Schutten

Antonio W Gomes-Neto

Gerjan Navis

Ron T Gansevoort

Robin P F Dullaart

Jenny E Kootstra-Ros

Richard M Danel

Frans Goorman

Rijk O B Gans

Martin H de Borst

Elias J Jeyarajah

Irina Shalaurova

James D Otvos

Margery A Connelly

Stephan J L Bakker

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Abstract

Background: Low circulating magnesium (Mg) is associated with an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). We aimed to study the performance of a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)-based assay that quantifies ionized Mg in EDTA plasma samples and prospectively investigate the association of Mg with the risk of T2DM.

Methods: The analytic performance of an NMR-based assay for measuring plasma Mg was evaluated. We studied 5747 subjects free of T2DM at baseline in the Prevention of Renal and Vascular End-stage Disease (PREVEND) study.

Results: Passing⁻Bablok regression analysis, comparing NMR-measured ionized Mg with total Mg measured by the Roche colorimetric assay, produced a correlation of 0.90, with a slope of 1.08 (95% CI: 1.00⁻1.13) and an intercept of 0.02 (95% CI: -0.02⁻0.08). During a median follow-up period of 11.2 (IQR: 7.7⁻12.0) years, 289 (5.0%) participants developed T2DM. The association of NMR-measured ionized Mg with T2DM risk was modified by sex (P = 0.007). In women, we found an inverse association between Mg and the risk of developing T2DM, independent of adjustment for potential confounders (HR: 1.80; 95% CI: 1.20⁻2.70). In men, we found no association between Mg and the risk of developing T2DM (HR: 0.90; 95%: 0.67⁻1.21).

Conclusion: Lower NMR-measured plasma ionized Mg was independently associated with a higher risk of developing T2DM in women, but not in men.

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