Fig. 3.

Magnesium consumption and systolic blood pressure (ARIC study) [54]. Dietary magnesium intake led to considerable effects on systolic blood pressure parameters in white women and in blacks. Race- and gender-specific, age and body mass index-adjusted average systolic blood pressure according to dietary magnesium intake in participants lacking cardiovascular disease. Those on anti-hypertensive medication are also excluded. Reprinted from Ma et al. [54], Copyright (1995), with permission from Elsevier.