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. 2023 Feb 23;10:1046749. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2023.1046749

Table 5.

Subgroups analysis of association between diet magnesium intake and anemia.

Subgroup n.total n.event_% Crude OR 95CI Crude P value Adj OR 95CI Adj P value P for interaction
Gender 0.427
Female 6,745 932 (13.8) 0.73 (0.67 ~ 0.81) <0.001 0.71 (0.58 ~ 0.86) 0.001
Male 6,678 544 (8.1) 0.65 (0.58 ~ 0.72) <0.001 0.9 (0.7 ~ 1.15) 0.401
Age 0.57
20–44 4,482 333 (7.4) 0.64 (0.56 ~ 0.74) <0.001 0.88 (0.65 ~ 1.19) 0.405
45–59 4,458 445 (10) 0.69 (0.6 ~ 0.79) <0.001 0.75 (0.58 ~ 0.98) 0.037
≥60 4,483 698 (15.6) 0.68 (0.61 ~ 0.76) <0.001 0.77 (0.61 ~ 0.98) 0.036
Race 0.168
Mexican American 1842 193 (10.5) 0.81 (0.66 ~ 1) 0.052 1.04 (0.65 ~ 1.67) 0.869
Non-Hispanic Black 2,938 633 (21.5) 0.66 (0.58 ~ 0.74) <0.001 0.71 (0.57 ~ 0.9) 0.004
Non-Hispanic White 5,380 359 (6.7) 0.75 (0.65 ~ 0.87) <0.001 1.03 (0.76 ~ 1.39) 0.848
Other Hispanic 1,431 128 (8.9) 0.63 (0.49 ~ 0.81) <0.001 0.58 (0.36 ~ 0.96) 0.032
Other race 1832 163 (8.9) 0.72 (0.57 ~ 0.9) 0.005 0.74 (0.46 ~ 1.19) 0.218
Poverty-income ratio 0.233
PIR < 1 2,750 359 (13.1) 0.74 (0.65 ~ 0.85) <0.001 0.92 (0.7 ~ 1.22) 0.577
PIR ≥ 1 9,621 982 (10.2) 0.62 (0.57 ~ 0.68) <0.001 0.73 (0.61 ~ 0.88) 0.001
Education level 0.197
College education or above 2,908 399 (13.7) 0.69 (0.61 ~ 0.8) <0.001 0.98 (0.73 ~ 1.32) 0.886
Graduated from high school 2,967 323 (10.9) 0.74 (0.63 ~ 0.86) <0.001 0.67 (0.48 ~ 0.92) 0.013
< High school 7,545 754 (10) 0.62 (0.56 ~ 0.69) <0.001 0.77 (0.62 ~ 0.94) 0.013
BMI 0.051
<25 3,809 413 (10.8) 0.67 (0.59 ~ 0.77) <0.001 0.77 (0.58 ~ 1.01) 0.057
25–30 4,316 429 (9.9) 0.58 (0.51 ~ 0.67) <0.001 0.67 (0.5 ~ 0.88) 0.004
≥30 5,181 597 (11.5) 0.71 (0.64 ~ 0.8) <0.001 0.89 (0.7 ~ 1.13) 0.333
Smoking status 0.012
Never smoker 7,572 913 (12.1) 0.6 (0.54 ~ 0.66) <0.001 0.73 (0.6 ~ 0.89) 0.002
Former smoker 3,199 372 (11.6) 0.61 (0.53 ~ 0.7) <0.001 0.77 (0.57 ~ 1.03) 0.08
Current smoker 2,639 190 (7.2) 0.87 (0.73 ~ 1.05) 0.153 1.07 (0.75 ~ 1.53) 0.716
Physical activity, n (%) 0.237
Light work activity 8,042 1,005 (12.5) 0.67 (0.62 ~ 0.73) <0.001 0.79 (0.66 ~ 0.95) 0.01
Moderate work activity 2,781 297 (10.7) 0.61 (0.51 ~ 0.72) <0.001 0.79 (0.56 ~ 1.11) 0.174
Vigorous work activity 2,598 174 (6.7) 0.74 (0.6 ~ 0.91) 0.004 0.91 (0.59 ~ 1.4) 0.654

OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; BM, Body Mass Index; Diet magnesium intake were log2 transformed. Adjusted for age, sex, race, PIR value, educational level, BMI, smoking status, physical activity level, and dietary energy, protein, fiber, vitamin D and calcium.