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. 2020 Mar 19;35(11):1878–1885. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfaa029

Table 2.

HR of incident PAD and CLI by magnesium quartile, Visit 2

Outcome Model Serum magnesium
Q1 (<1.5 mEq/L) Q2 (1.5 mEq/L) Q3 (1.6–1.7 mEq/L) Q4 (>1.7 mEq/L)
N 1587 2294 5805 2153
Events 105 107 199 60
PAD Model 1 2.57 (1.86–3.55) 1.77 (1.29–2.44) 1.26 (0.95–1.68) Ref.
Model 2 1.64 (1.18–2.28) 1.48 (1.07–2.04) 1.23 (0.92–1.64) Ref.
Model 3 1.96 (1.40–2.74) 1.67 (1.20–2.31) 1.35 (1.01–1.80) Ref.
CLI Model 1 2.50 (1.54–4.06) 1.23 (0.73–2.06) 0.89 (0.56–1.41) Ref.
Model 2 1.25 (0.76–2.06) 0.89 (0.53–1.50) 0.82 (0.52–1.31) Ref.
Model 3 1.59 (0.95–2.66) 1.04 (0.61–1.78) 0.95 (0.58–1.53) Ref.

Model 1: adjusted for sex, race and education. Model 2: further adjustment for smoking status, drinking status, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, prevalent coronary heart disease, prevalent stroke, total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol. Model 3: further adjustment for serum electrolytes (potassium, calcium and phosphate), eGFR, iPTH and FGF-23. Q, quartile.