Higher dietary magnesium intake is associated with lower body mass index, waist circumference and serum glucose in Mexican adults
Castellanos-Gutiérrez A, Sánchez-Pimienta TG, Carriquiry A, da Costa THM, Ariza AC
Nutrition journal · 52 citations
How it was studied
- Design
- Cross-sectional study (classified by our AI screen)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Independent funding
- Government
- Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología
Based on 1 listed funder(s) and full-text disclosure statement.
Publication
- Published
- 2018-12-01 · Nutr J · vol. 17 · issue 1 · p. 114
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Cited
- 72 citations · more than 89% of similar papers · 2.6× the field average
- References
- 63 works
- Access
- Open access (journal) · CC-BY
- Research areas
- Magnesium in Health and Disease · Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments · Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
- Keywords
- Medicine, Waist, Body mass index, Obesity, Context (archaeology), Clinical nutrition, Diabetes mellitus, Internal medicine, Endocrinology, Insulin resistance, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, Adipose tissue, Environmental health, Population, Biology
- MeSH
- humans, magnesium, blood glucose, body mass index, diet, nutrition surveys, nutritional status, adult, aged, middle aged, mexico, female, male, waist circumference, young adult
5 authors
From MX, US, BR, SI
- Analí Castellanos-GutiérrezInstituto Nacional de Salud Pública
- Tania G Sánchez-PimientaInstituto Nacional de Salud Pública
- Alicia L. CarriquiryIowa State University
- Teresa Helena Macedo da CostaUniversidade de Brasília
- Ana Carolina Ariza · correspondingNational Institute of Public Health; Secretaría de Ciencia, Humanidades, Tecnología e Innovación
Abstract
Background
Obesity and diabetes mellitus (DM) are public health concerns in Mexico of top-level priority due to their high prevalence and their growth rate in recent decades. The accumulation of adipose tissue leads to an unbalanced release of pro-oxidant factors, which causes cellular damage and favors the development of comorbidities. Recent evidence suggests that oxidative stress also promotes the accumulation of adipose tissue and the development of insulin resistance. The objective of this study is to evaluate the association between usual intake of antioxidant nutrients, specifically vitamins A, C, E and magnesium with body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and serum glucose concentrations in a representative sample of Mexican adults.
Methodology
We analyzed data on diet, BMI, WC and serum glucose from the Mexican National Health and Nutrition Survey 2012. Analysis included 20- to 65-year-old adults without a known diagnosis of DM (n = 1573). Dietary information was obtained using the five-step multiple-pass method developed by the United States Department of Agriculture and adapted to the Mexican context. Nutrient usual intake distributions were estimated using the Iowa State University method, through the "Software for Intake Distribution Estimation" (PC-Side) v.1.02. Associations were analyzed using multivariate regression models.
Results
Higher dietary magnesium intake was associated with lower markers of adiposity, so that an increase in 10 mg per 1000 kcal/day of magnesium was associated with an average decrease in BMI of 0.72% (95% CI: -1.36, - 0.08) and 0.49 cm (95% CI: -0.92, - 0.07) of WC. Additionally, in women with normal glucose concentrations, an increase in magnesium intake was associated with an average decrease in serum glucose by 0.59% (95% CI: -1.08, - 0.09).
Conclusion
The results suggest that magnesium intake is associated with lower BMI, WC and serum glucose in Mexican population. However, more studies are required to elucidate the nature of this association.
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