TABLE 3.

Differences in dietary magnesium intake, BMI percentile, and plasma glucose and insulin concentrations from 6th to 8th grade in the intervention and control schools¹

Participant demographics	Adjusted mean difference, intervention (8th to 6th grades)	Adjusted mean difference, control (8th to 6th grades)	Adjusted mean difference for the difference (control − intervention)
Difference in dietary magnesium intake, mg	−2.77 ± 4.23	0.61 ± 4.05	3.38 ± 5.85
Difference in BMI percentile	−0.07 ± 1.05	−1.92 ± 1.00	−1.85 ± 1.45
Difference in fasting plasma glucose concentrations, mg/dL	−0.31 ± 0.29	0.66 ± 0.27	0.97 ± 0.39
Difference in fasting plasma insulin concentrations, μU/mL	3.53 ± 0.37	3.45 ± 0.36	−0.08 ± 0.52

¹ n = 2181. Values are adjusted means ± SEs.