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. 2022 Mar 5;11(6):e021783. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.121.021783

Table 6.

Effects of Magnesium Oxide and Magnesium Sulfate (Versus Magnesium Citrate) on Blood Pressure

Magnesium oxide

(n=46)

Magnesium sulfate

(n=46)

Magnesium citrate

(n=46)

Systolic blood pressure
2‐wk
Mean, mm Hg 127±15 130±15 131±14
Difference vs magnesium citrate 1 (−2 to 3) 1 (−1 to 4)
12‐wk
Mean, mm Hg 125±14 129±13 132±15
Difference vs magnesium citrate −1 (−4 to 1) −0 (−3 to 2)
24‐wk
Mean, mm Hg 127±15 131±16 133±16
Difference vs magnesium citrate −0 (−3 to 3) 1 (−2 to 4)
Diastolic blood pressure
2‐wk
Mean, mm Hg 77±8 79±8 78±8
Difference vs magnesium citrate 0 (−1 to 2) 0 (−1 to 2)
12‐wk
Mean, mm Hg 75±8 79±8 78±9
Difference vs magnesium citrate −1 (−2 to 1) 0 (−1 to 2)
24‐wk
Mean, mm Hg 76±9 79±9 79±9
Difference vs magnesium citrate −0 (−2 to 1) −1 (−2 to 1)
Mean arterial pressure
2‐wk
Mean, mm Hg 93±10 96±10 96±10
Difference vs magnesium citrate 1 (−1 to 3) 1 (−1 to 2)
12‐wk
Mean, mm Hg 92±9 95±9 96±11
Difference vs magnesium citrate −0 (−2 to 1) 0 (−2 to 2)
24‐wk
Mean, mm Hg 93±10 96±11 97±11
Difference vs magnesium citrate 0 (−1 to 2) 0 (−2 to 2)
Pulse pressure
2‐wk
Mean, mm Hg 50±10 51±10 53±9
Difference vs magnesium citrate 1 (−2 to 3) 1 (−1 to 3)
12‐wk
Mean, mm Hg 49±9 51±9 53±10
Difference vs magnesium citrate 1 (−3 to 2) −1 (−3 to 2)
24‐wk
Mean, mm Hg 51±11 52±10 54±10
Difference vs magnesium citrate 0 (−2 to 2) 1 (−1 to 3)
Heart rate
2‐wk
Mean, bpm 59±8 59±7 61±8
Difference vs magnesium citrate −1 (−3 to 1) −0 (−2 to 1)
12‐wk
Mean, bpm 59±7 60±6 61±8
Difference vs magnesium citrate −1 (−3 to 0) −0 (−2 to 1)
24‐wk
Mean, bpm 59±7 59±6 62±8
Difference vs magnesium citrate −3 (−5 to −1)* −2 (−3 to −0)

Values are mean±SD. Adjusted mean differences (90% CIs) were obtained from linear mixed‐effect models with age, sex, baseline value of the outcome of interest, time, intervention, and the interaction time×intervention as fixed effects.

*

P<0.01 (one‐sided P values).