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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of patients

From: Magnesium intake and all-cause mortality after stroke: a cohort study

 

Overall (n = 917)

Alive (n = 640)

Dead (n = 277)

P

Age, years

66.0 (55.0–76.0)

63.0 (52.0–71.0)

78.0 (68.0–80.0)

< 0.001

Sex

   

0.63

 Female

460 (50.2%)

339 (53.0%)

121 (43.7%)

 

 Male

457 (49.8%)

301 (47.0%)

156 (56.3%)

 

Race

   

0.10

 Mexican American

74 (8.1%)

57 (8.9%)

17 (6.1%)

 

 Other Hispanic

56 (6.1%)

46 (7.2%)

10 (3.6%)

 

 Non-Hispanic White

474 (51.7%)

292 (45.6%)

182 (65.7%)

 

 Non-Hispanic Black

250 (27.3%)

194 (30.3%)

56 (20.2%)

 

 Other Race

63 (6.9%)

51 (8.0%)

12 (4.3%)

 

Education

   

0.073

 High school or less

560 (61.1%)

373 (58.3%)

187 (67.5%)

 

 Some college

242 (26.4%)

180 (28.1%)

62 (22.4%)

 

 College graduate

115 (12.5%)

87 (13.6%)

28 (10.1%)

 

PIR

   

< 0.001

 < 1

226 (24.6%)

170 (26.6%)

56 (20.2%)

 

 1–2

334 (36.4%)

218 (34.1%)

116 (41.9%)

 

 2–3

148 (16.1%)

98 (15.3%)

50 (18.1%)

 

 ≥ 3

209 (22.8%)

154 (24.1%)

55 (19.9%)

 

BMI, kg/m2

29.2 (24.9–34.1)

29.9 (25.5–34.6)

27.5 (24.0–31.0)

< 0.001

Hypertension

734 (80.0%)

497 (77.7%)

237 (85.6%)

0.001

Diabetes

356 (38.8%)

237 (37.0%)

119 (43.0%)

0.30

Hyperlipidemia

651 (71.0%)

474 (74.1%)

177 (63.9%)

0.14

Congestive heart failure

155 (16.9%)

90 (14.1%)

65 (23.5%)

0.003

Coronary heart disease

161 (17.6%)

97 (15.2%)

64 (23.1%)

0.005

Smoking

575 (62.7%)

390 (60.9%)

185 (66.8%)

0.17

Drinking

560 (61.1%)

385 (60.2%)

175 (63.2%)

0.32

Serum creatinine, µmol/L

84.0 (69.0–102.5)

81.3 (67.2–94.6)

97.2 (76.8–119.3)

< 0.001

Total energy, kcal/d

1759.0 (1299.1–2192.0)

1790.3 (1327.2–2298.2)

1625.2 (1251.9–2063.4)

0.020

Total PUFA, g/(100 kcal*d)

0.8 (0.7–1.0)

0.8 (0.7–1.1)

0.8 (0.7–1.0)

0.66

Total fiber, g/(100 kcal*d)

0.7 (0.6–1.0)

0.7 (0.6–1.0)

0.8 (0.6–1.0)

0.054

Total sodium, mg/(100 kcal*d)

165.0 (140.3–193.9)

165.4 (142.6–193.6)

160.3 (135.4–194.4)

0.36

Total potassium, mg/(100 kcal*d)

133.8 (107.8–159.7)

128.9 (104.7–158.1)

142.2 (120.5–162.0)

0.017

Total calcium, mg/(100 kcal*d)

50.0 (35.6–72.9)

47.2 (33.9–69.0)

56.3 (40.0–80.2)

0.004

Total magnesium, mg/(100 kcal*d)

14.5 (12.0–18.0)

14.3 (11.8–18.0)

15.2 (12.5–18.1)

0.20

Quartiles of total magnesium

   

0.12

 Q1: ≤ 12.0 mg/(100 kcal*d)

230 (25.1%)

172 (26.9%)

58 (20.9%)

 

 Q2: 12.1–14.5 mg/(100 kcal*d)

228 (24.9%)

160 (25.0%)

68 (24.5%)

 

 Q3: 14.6–18.4 mg/(100 kcal*d)

229 (25.0%)

144 (22.5%)

85 (30.7%)

 

 Q4: ≥ 18.5 mg/(100 kcal*d)

230 (25.1%)

164 (25.6%)

66 (23.8%)

 
  1. BMI, body mass index; PIR, ratio of family income to poverty; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acids