No association between dietary magnesium intake and body composition among Iranian adults: a cross-sectional study
Mirrafiei A, Jabbarzadeh B, Hosseini Y, Djafarian K, Shab-Bidar S
BMC nutrition · 3 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
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Publication
- Published
- 2022-04-28 · BMC Nutr · vol. 8 · issue 1 · p. 39
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Cited
- 3 citations · more than 50% of similar papers · 0.3× the field average
- References
- 58 works
- Access
- Open access (journal) · CC-BY
- Research areas
- Magnesium in Health and Disease · Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments · Magnesium Alloys: Properties and Applications
- Keywords
- Medicine, Body mass index, Anthropometry, Waist, Confounding, Cross-sectional study, Clinical nutrition, Obesity, Triglyceride, Body Shape Index, Internal medicine, Physiology, Endocrinology, Demography, Classification of obesity, Cholesterol, Fat mass
5 authors
From IR
- Amin MirrafieiTehran University of Medical Sciences
- Bahareh JabbarzadehTehran University of Medical Sciences
- Yasaman HosseiniTehran University of Medical Sciences
- Kurosh DjafarianTehran University of Medical Sciences
- Sakineh Shab‐Bidar · correspondingTehran University of Medical Sciences
Abstract
Purpose
Obesity is becoming more prevalent worldwide. Magnesium (Mg) intake may play a role in the regulation of energy metabolism and body weight. Therefore, in this cross-sectional study, we aimed to investigate the association between dietary Mg intake and body composition among healthy adults.
Methods
A total of 778 adult men and women aged 18-59 years who attended health care centers in Tehran, Iran, entered the final analysis. Dietary intake was assessed with a validated and reliable food frequency questionnaire with 168 items and the dietary Mg intake was estimated using Nutritionist IV software. Anthropometric measurements and blood samples were collected and body composition was evaluated employing the Body Mass Index (BMI), A Body Shape Index (ABSI), Body Adiposity Index (BAI), Body Roundness Index (BRI), Visceral Adiposity Index (VAI), Lipid Accumulation Index (LAP), and Triglyceride-Glucose index (TyG). Multiple linear regression analysis was used to determine the association of the dietary Mg intake with body composition indices.
Results
The mean daily dietary Mg intake was 294 ± 140 mg in men and 262 ± 112 mg in women. Unadjusted linear regression showed that dietary magnesium intake is significantly associated with a waist to hip ratio (WHR) and total cholesterol (TC) in men, and hip circumference (HC) in women. After adjusting for potential confounders including age, education, marriage, occupation and smoking, total energy intake, and activity score, there remained no significant association between dietary Mg intake and any of the body composition indices including BMI, ABSI, BAI, BRI, VAI, LAP, and TyG neither in men nor women.
Conclusion
Higher Mg intake was not associated with anthropometric indices in Iranian adults, according to our findings. Additional observational studies would be beneficial in clarifying the existing findings.
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