Magnesium chloride and blood glucose
What 2 graded rows on magnesium chloride agree on for blood glucose, and where they differ. Counted side by side, never averaged.
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Magnesium chloride and blood glucose
2 rows · 179 peopleThey agree: both rows found an improvement.
- CGrade C× 2
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- 2
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- 2
- People
- 179
What the rows share
From the rowsThe best-graded row, grade C, is a randomized trial of 116 people (2015) and found an improvement.
The rows run from 63 to 116 people, published from 2003 to 2015: 2 single studies.
The rows
2 improved- CGrade CFasting glucose in prediabetes with low magnesium · Improved
RCT · n 116 · 2015 · Adults aged 30 to 65 with new prediabetes and low serum magnesium (Mexico)
30 ml of 5% magnesium chloride solution daily (382 mg magnesium) · 4 months
Versus placebo: fasting glucose 86.9 vs 98.3 mg/dL, HOMA-IR 2.85 vs 4.1 and triglycerides 166.4 vs 227.0 mg/dL; serum magnesium 1.96 vs 1.60 mg/dL.
Row on the Magnesium chloride page · PubMed 25937055 (opens PubMed)
- CGrade CInsulin resistance and HbA1c in type 2 diabetes with low magnesium · Improved
RCT · n 63 · 2003 · Adults with type 2 diabetes and low serum magnesium on glibenclamide (Mexico)
50 ml of 5% magnesium chloride solution daily (2.5 g MgCl2; ODS describes it as 300 mg elemental magnesium) · 16 weeks
Versus placebo: serum magnesium 0.74 vs 0.65 mmol/l, HOMA-IR 3.8 vs 5.0, fasting glucose 8.0 vs 10.3 mmol/l and HbA1c 8.0% vs 10.1%.
Row on the Magnesium chloride page · PubMed 12663588 (opens PubMed)