Table 7.
Correlations between Ca and Mg in water and cardiovascular risk factors, calcium in serum and urine, and magnesium in serum, muscle and urine. Total study population and men and women. Spearman's rank correlation coefficient.
| Calcium content in water | Magnesium content in water | |||||
| Total study population | Women | Men | Total study population | Women | Men | |
| S-Cholesterol | -.171* | -.217* | -.128 | -.070 | -.158 | .002 |
| S-TG | .056 | .198 | .002 | .101 | .150 | .070 |
| S- HDL-cholesterol | .005 | -.022 | .003 | -.093 | -.062 | -.112 |
| S-LDL-cholesterol | -.218** | -.282* | -.169 | -.087 | -.175 | -.024 |
| SBP | .229** | -274* | .195* | .128 | .169 | .091 |
| DBP | .032 | .122 | -.020 | .028 | .066 | -.005 |
| B- HbA1c | .043 | -.015 | .088 | .064 | .015 | .106 |
| S-Ca | -.011 | -.148 | -.151 | .073 | .232* | -.057 |
| S-Mg | .009 | .055 | .004 | .014 | .081 | -.037 |
| U-Ca | .002 | .016 | -.012 | -.075 | -.014 | -.133 |
| U-Mg | .021 | .094 | -.029 | -.038 | .063 | -.109 |
| M-Mg | -.095 | -.146 | -.017 | -.007 | -.412* | .394* |
** Correlation is significant at the .01 level * Correlation is significant at the .05 level S- = serum, B- = blood, U- = urine. M- = muscle