Table 6.

Dietary intake of magnesium, mg/day, median (min-max).

	West N = 105	East N = 102
Mg, mg/day, total intake*	250 (67–725)	221 (74–703)
Source
Local water	2.5 (0–34)	3.8 (0–24)
Milk & cheese	61.7 (0–263)	54.7 (1–460)
Mineral water	3.0 (0–33)	2.0 (0–21)
Vegetables	13.3 (2–68)	12.8 (0–49)
Potatoes	16 (0–140)	16 (0–140)
Bread, cereals	70.4 (7–258)	68.8 (8–221)
Chocolate	8.6 (0–429)	2.8 (0–186)
Fruit, berries	11.4 (0–74)	11.5 (0–51)
Wine, beer	1.0 (0–23)	4.0 (0–39)
Meat, fish	14.0 (0–40)	17.9 (3–64)

*Median (min-max). Mann-Whitney U-test P = .028