There is chronic latent magnesium deficiency in apparently healthy university students

• Autores: Cristiane Hermes Sales, Débora Azevedo Nascimento, Anna Cecília Queiroz Medeiros, Kenio Costa de Lima, Lucia Fátima Campos Pedrosa, Célia Colli
• Localización: Nutrición hospitalaria: Órgano oficial de la Sociedad Española de Nutrición Clínica y Metabolismo (SENPE), ISSN-e 1699-5198, ISSN 0212-1611, Vol. 30, Nº. 1, 2014, págs. 200-204
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Introduction: Magnesium is an essential micronutrient for human body, and its deficiency has been associated with risk of non-communicable diseases.

    Objective: Assessment of magnesium status, and evaluation of the frequency of magnesium deficiency in a group of healthy adults.

    Methods: Plasma and erythrocyte magnesium levels, and magnesium intake were determined in 115 students (55 women and 60 men), from a public university in Brazil.

    Results: The medians of magnesium concentration in plasma (0.76 mmol/L), erythrocyte (1.97 mmol/L), and of dietary daily intake (8.84 mmol/d) were low. Forty two percent of participants had plasma or erythrocyte magnesium below the limit of 0.75 and 1.65 mmol/L, respectively. A high percentage showed high probability of inadequate magnesium intake.

    Conclusions: There was a high frequency of subclinical magnesium deficiency in the adults assessed, that could be related to low dietary magnesium intake.