Table 8.
Correlations between calcium and magnesium in serum, muscle and urine and major cardiovascular risk factors. Spearman's rank correlation coefficient.
| S-Ca | U-Ca | S-Mg | U-Mg | M-Mg | S-cholesterol | S-TG | S-HDL | S-LDL | SBP | DBP | HbA1c | |
| S-Ca | 1.000 | .022 | .268** | -.018 | .052 | .285** | .260** | -.074 | .245** | .227** | .242** | .207** |
| U-Ca | 1.000 | -.009 | .586** | -.029 | -.047 | .075 | -.123 | -.015 | .174* | .140 | .130 | |
| S-Mg | 1.000 | -.071 | .111 | .082 | .204** | -.202** | .092 | .077 | .174* | .064 | ||
| U-Mg | 1.000 | .178 | -.068 | .010 | -.102 | -.019 | .186** | .201** | .202** | |||
| M-Mg | 1.000 | .002 | .010 | .004 | .031 | -.010 | .054 | .255* | ||||
| S-Cholesterol | 1.000 | .426** | -.119 | .950** | .042 | .140 | .266** | |||||
| S-TG | 1.000 | -.614** | .379** | .236** | .246** | .123 | ||||||
| S- HDL | 1.000 | -.286* | -.174* | -.212** | -.150* | |||||||
| S-LDL | 1.000 | .042 | .183** | .280** | ||||||||
| SBP | 1.000 | .646** | .278** | |||||||||
| DBP | 1.000 | .213** | ||||||||||
| B-HbA1c | 1.000 |
* Correlation is significant at the .05 level ** Correlation is significant at the .01 level S- = serum, B- = blood, U- = urine. M- = muscle