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Table 3 Metabolic profile and type 2 diabetes mellitus remission according to oral magnesium supplementation

From: Higher magnesium levels are associated with better glycaemic control and diabetes remission post-bariatric surgery

 

1 year after surgery

 

Oral Mg supplementation

Without any supplementation

p value

p value (adjusted)

Variables (n = 454)

No. of patients (%)

354 (78.0%)

100 (22.0%)

  

Serum magnesium (mEq/L), mean (SD)

1.63 (0.14)

1.62 (0.17)

0.53

0.84

Vitamin D (ng/mL), mean (SD)

25.0 (10.5)

24.6 (21.2)

0.81

0.88

Fasting plasma glucose (mg/dL), mean (SD)

89.5 (16.4)

93.3 (18.4)

0.06

0.36

HbA1c (%), mean (SD)

5.5 (0.5)

5.7 (0.9)

0.007

0.12

Fasting plasma insulin (mU/L), mean (SD)

7.5 (4.7)

7.2 (4.5)

0.66

0.29

Fasting plasma C-Peptide (ng/mL), mean (SD)

2.3 (0.7)

2.1 (0.8)

0.20

0.15

No. of antidiabetics, median (IQR)

1.0 (0–1.0)

1.0 (0–1.0)

0.69

0.55

HOMA-IR, mean (SD)

1.7 (1.2)

1.7 (1.0)

0.90

0.33

No. Patients with total remission, n (%)

196 (62.0%)

42 (48.3%)

0.06

0.18

No. Patients with partial remission, n (%)

13 (4.1%)

4 (4.6%)

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