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Published in final edited form as: Am Heart J. 2010 Oct;160(4):715–720. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2010.06.036

Table III.

Risk of development of HTN, CVD or death based upon serum concentration of magnesium with magnesium as a categorical variable

	HTN		CVD		DEATH
	OR (95% CI)	p value	HR (95% CI)	p value	HR (95% CI)	p value
Mg as a categorical variable

• Age and sex adjusted
Mg <1.5 mg/dl	1.20 (0.30-4.82)	0.79	1.99 (1.02-3.85)	0.04	2.06 (1.02-4.17)	0.04
Mg 1.5-2.2. mg/dl	Referent	----	Referent	----	Referent	----
Mg >2.2 mg/dl	1.16 (0.62-2.17)	0.64	1.16 (0.68-1.97)	0.59	0.94 (0.46-1.89)	0.85
• Multivariable adjusted
Mg <1.5 mg/dl	0.65 (0.14-2.95)	0.58	1.19 (0.60-2.36)	0.62	1.21 (0.58-2.54)	0.61
Mg 1.5-2.2 mg/dl	Referent	----	Referent	----	Referent	----
Mg >2.2 mg/dl	1.43 (0.71-2.89)	0.31	1.10 (0.64-1.89)	0.74	0.82 (0.38-1.75)	0.60