Table 3.

Association between magnesium level and mortality

Magnesium	All-cause unadjusted HR (95% CI)	All-cause HR (95% CI)*	Cardiovascular SHR (95% CI)*	Malignancy SHR (95% CI)*	Non-cardio non-malignancy causes SHR (95% CI)*
All patients
< 1.7 mg/dl	1.14 (1.05, 1.24)	1.14 (1.04, 1.24)	0.91 (0.76, 1.08)	1.14 (0.97, 1.33)	1.29 (1.12, 1.49)
1.7–2.6 mg/dl	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
> 2.6 mg/dl	1.44 (1.20, 1.72)	1.23 (1.03, 1.48)	1.11 (0.81, 1.51)	0.71 (0.41, 1.22)	1.26 (0.93, 1.71)

*Adjusted for age, African American, male, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, BMI, albumin, hemoglobin, calcium, Acid/Base (CO2), potassium, magnesium supplement, malignancy, hypertension, CAD, CHF, cerebrovascular disease, Insurance group, Outpatient ACEI/ARB, Outpatient Beta Blocker, outpatient diuretics, proton pump inhibitors, smoking, eGFR

*All adjusted models used 5 datasets created with multiple imputation and MI analyze to obtain the HR or SHR