Association between Dietary Magnesium Intake and Glycemic Markers in Ghanaian Women of Reproductive Age: A Pilot Cross-Sectional Study
Bentil HJ, Abreu AM, Adu-Afarwuah S, Rossi JS, Tovar A, Oaks BM
Nutrients · 1 citation
How it was studied
- Design
- Cross-sectional study (indexed by PubMed)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Independent funding
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Publication
- Published
- 2021-11-19 · Nutrients · vol. 13 · issue 11 · p. 4141
- Publisher
- Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
- Cited
- 3 citations · more than 51% of similar papers · 0.2× the field average
- References
- 35 works
- Access
- Open access (journal) · CC-BY
- Research areas
- Magnesium in Health and Disease · Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments
- Keywords
- Glycemic, Medicine, Glycated hemoglobin, Cross-sectional study, Diabetes mellitus, Internal medicine, Glycemic index, Magnesium, Endocrinology, Type 2 diabetes, Hemoglobin, Population, Environmental health, Chemistry
- MeSH
- humans, diabetes mellitus, type 2, magnesium, blood glucose, diet, diet surveys, linear models, cross-sectional studies, pilot projects, eating, adult, ghana, female, reproductive health, biomarkers, glycated hemoglobin
6 authors
From US, GH
- Helena Bentil · correspondingUniversity of Rhode Island
- Alyssa M. AbreuUniversity of Rhode Island
- Seth Adu‐AfarwuahUniversity of Ghana
- Joseph S. RossiUniversity of Rhode Island
- Alison TovarUniversity of Rhode Island
- Brietta M. OaksUniversity of Rhode Island
Abstract
Low magnesium intake has been shown to be associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in several studies conducted in high-income countries. However, very few studies have been performed in Africa, where many countries have a growing rate of T2DM. We conducted a pilot cross-sectional study among 63 women in Ghana to investigate the association between magnesium intake and glycemic markers. We assessed dietary magnesium using a food frequency questionnaire and glycemic markers using fasting blood glucose and glycated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c). Our findings showed that the mean magnesium intake was 200 ± 116 mg/day. The prevalence of T2DM was 5% by measuring fasting blood glucose and 8% by measuring HbA1c. Unadjusted linear regression models revealed that higher magnesium intake significantly predicted higher fasting blood glucose levels (β = 0.31; 95% CI: 0.07, 0.55; p = 0.01) and HbA1c levels (β = 0.26; 95% CI: 0.01, 0.51; p = 0.04). In adjusted analyses, magnesium intake was no longer significantly associated with either fasting blood glucose levels (β = 0.22; 95% CI: -0.03, 0.46; p = 0.08) or HbA1c levels (β = 0.15; 95% CI: -0.08, 0.39; p = 0.20). In conclusion, our study did not show a significant association between magnesium intake and glycemic markers in women of reproductive age in Ghana. The results of this study need to be further substantiated because this was the first study to examine magnesium intake and glycemic markers in this population in Africa.
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