Table 4.

Sensitivity analysis using magnesium and other electrolytes as determinants

	Normal glucose to prediabetes
Determinant	HR (95% CI)	p value
Serum magnesium (per 0.1 mmol/l decrease)	1.12 (1.01, 1.25)	0.034
Serum sodium (per 1 mmol/l decrease)	1.01 (0.99, 1.03)	0.297
Serum potassium (per 0.1 mmol/l decrease)	1.00 (0.98, 1.02)	0.821
Serum calcium (per 0.1 mmol/l decrease)	1.04 (0.98, 1.11)	0.218
Serum phosphate (per 0.1 mmol/l decrease)	1.03 (0.98, 1.07)	0.216

Model 3 (adjusted for age, age², sex, BMI, smoking status, alcohol use, total cholesterol:HDL-cholesterol ratio, history of hypertension, history of stroke, history of coronary heart disease, eGFR (CKD-EPI), serum calcium, serum potassium and use of diuretics was used for all analyses