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Ethnic Differences in Magnesium Intake in U.S. Older Adults: Findings from NHANES 2005–2016

Magnesium plays a crucial role in hundreds of bodily processes relevant to aging, but consumption of dietary magnesium intake has been shown to be inadequate in a large proportion of older adults. Identifying groups at risk of low magnesium intake is important for informing targeted advice. Using da...

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Autores principales: Jackson, Sarah E., Smith, Lee, Grabovac, Igor, Haider, Sandra, Demurtas, Jacopo, López-Sánchez, Guillermo F., Soysal, Pinar, Redsell, Sarah, Isik, Ahmet Turan, Yang, Lin
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6316208/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30518025
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu10121901
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author Jackson, Sarah E.
Smith, Lee
Grabovac, Igor
Haider, Sandra
Demurtas, Jacopo
López-Sánchez, Guillermo F.
Soysal, Pinar
Redsell, Sarah
Isik, Ahmet Turan
Yang, Lin
author_facet Jackson, Sarah E.
Smith, Lee
Grabovac, Igor
Haider, Sandra
Demurtas, Jacopo
López-Sánchez, Guillermo F.
Soysal, Pinar
Redsell, Sarah
Isik, Ahmet Turan
Yang, Lin
author_sort Jackson, Sarah E.
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description Magnesium plays a crucial role in hundreds of bodily processes relevant to aging, but consumption of dietary magnesium intake has been shown to be inadequate in a large proportion of older adults. Identifying groups at risk of low magnesium intake is important for informing targeted advice. Using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2005–2016, we examined the association between ethnicity (Caucasian/African American/Hispanic/other) and magnesium intake in a large representative sample of U.S. older adults (≥65 y, n = 5682, mean (SD) 72.9 (0.10) y). Analyses adjusted for total energy intake and a range of relevant covariates. Overall, 83.3% of participants were not meeting the recommended level of dietary magnesium intake, ranging from 78.1% of other ethnic groups to 90.6% of African Americans. In the fully adjusted model, magnesium intake was lower among African American older adults (−13.0 mg/d, 95% CI: −18.8 to −7.2), and higher among Hispanics (14.0 mg/d, 95% CI: 7.5 to 20.5) and those from other ethnic groups (17.2, 95% CI: 3.8 to 30.5) compared with Caucasian older adults. These results highlight the need for targeted interventions to increase magnesium intake in U.S. older adults, with a focus on African Americans, in order to reduce the burden of morbidity and ethnic inequalities in health in later life.
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spelling pubmed-63162082019-01-08 Ethnic Differences in Magnesium Intake in U.S. Older Adults: Findings from NHANES 2005–2016 Jackson, Sarah E. Smith, Lee Grabovac, Igor Haider, Sandra Demurtas, Jacopo López-Sánchez, Guillermo F. Soysal, Pinar Redsell, Sarah Isik, Ahmet Turan Yang, Lin Nutrients Article Magnesium plays a crucial role in hundreds of bodily processes relevant to aging, but consumption of dietary magnesium intake has been shown to be inadequate in a large proportion of older adults. Identifying groups at risk of low magnesium intake is important for informing targeted advice. Using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2005–2016, we examined the association between ethnicity (Caucasian/African American/Hispanic/other) and magnesium intake in a large representative sample of U.S. older adults (≥65 y, n = 5682, mean (SD) 72.9 (0.10) y). Analyses adjusted for total energy intake and a range of relevant covariates. Overall, 83.3% of participants were not meeting the recommended level of dietary magnesium intake, ranging from 78.1% of other ethnic groups to 90.6% of African Americans. In the fully adjusted model, magnesium intake was lower among African American older adults (−13.0 mg/d, 95% CI: −18.8 to −7.2), and higher among Hispanics (14.0 mg/d, 95% CI: 7.5 to 20.5) and those from other ethnic groups (17.2, 95% CI: 3.8 to 30.5) compared with Caucasian older adults. These results highlight the need for targeted interventions to increase magnesium intake in U.S. older adults, with a focus on African Americans, in order to reduce the burden of morbidity and ethnic inequalities in health in later life. MDPI 2018-12-04 /pmc/articles/PMC6316208/ /pubmed/30518025 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu10121901 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Grabovac, Igor
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Demurtas, Jacopo
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Redsell, Sarah
Isik, Ahmet Turan
Yang, Lin
Ethnic Differences in Magnesium Intake in U.S. Older Adults: Findings from NHANES 2005–2016
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title_fullStr Ethnic Differences in Magnesium Intake in U.S. Older Adults: Findings from NHANES 2005–2016
title_full_unstemmed Ethnic Differences in Magnesium Intake in U.S. Older Adults: Findings from NHANES 2005–2016
title_short Ethnic Differences in Magnesium Intake in U.S. Older Adults: Findings from NHANES 2005–2016
title_sort ethnic differences in magnesium intake in u.s. older adults: findings from nhanes 2005–2016
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6316208/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30518025
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu10121901
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