Table 2. Demographic and baseline serum, urine and dietary magnesium (mean +/- s.d. [range]) for non-athletes only.

	Magnesium group N = 11	Placebo group N = 9
Age (years)	34.6±13.7	38.5±14.6
Height (cm)	169.7±9.4	175.0±12.5
Weight (Kg)	75.6±17.1	75.8±12.1
Serum (mmol/l)	0.75±0.13 [0.62–1.07]	0.73±0.09 [0.56–0.85]
Urine (mnol/24h)	4.08±1.34 [2.02–6.11]	4.80±2.1 [2.9–9.0]
Dietary (mg)	285.8±82.2 [177–469]	331.0±97.3 [196–482]