Evaluation of Serum Magnesium Level Among Patients with Essential Hypertension in Erbil-Iraq
Background: Hypertension is a well-established risk factor for cardiovascular diseases with an ongoing global increase in incidence. Low Magnesium may play a critical role in cardiovascular physiology. Although many reports have mentioned the correlation between low serum magnesium levels and hyper...
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Background: Hypertension is a well-established risk factor for cardiovascular diseases with an ongoing global increase in incidence. Low Magnesium may play a critical role in cardiovascular physiology. Although many reports have mentioned the correlation between low serum magnesium levels and hypertension, the results were conflicting.
Objective: To measure the levels of serum magnesium in hypertensive patients, and to evaluate the prevalence of hypomagnesemia among them.
Patients and Methods: A case-control study from June 2019 to December 2019 was carried out in Rizgary Teaching Hospital and Nawroz Health Center involving 100 adult patients with essential hypertension (group I ) and 100 normotensive age and gender-matched controls ( group II). The serum magnesium level was measured in all participants.
Results: Females constitute 64 % of both study groups. The means of the age of both study groups show no significant difference (p=0.82). Although the means of Mg level in hypertensive and control groups were within the normal range, it was significantly lower in hypertensive patients (p=0.004). Besides, 4 hypertensive patients (4%) had hypomagnesemia compared with zero in controls (p=0.043).
Conclusion: There was a significantly lower mean magnesium level in hypertensives compared to controls. A relationship was assumed between serum magnesium level and hypertension. However; hypomagnesemia was not common in hypertensive patients.
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| spelling | doaj.art-706c6b53fedc4626bae3fa16eb86cb272023-11-24T23:22:38ZengCollege of medicine/ University of DiyalaDiyala Journal of Medicine2219-97642617-89822021-06-01202Evaluation of Serum Magnesium Level Among Patients with Essential Hypertension in Erbil-IraqSalam Naser ZanganaSuhad Ali Khazaal Background: Hypertension is a well-established risk factor for cardiovascular diseases with an ongoing global increase in incidence. Low Magnesium may play a critical role in cardiovascular physiology. Although many reports have mentioned the correlation between low serum magnesium levels and hypertension, the results were conflicting. Objective: To measure the levels of serum magnesium in hypertensive patients, and to evaluate the prevalence of hypomagnesemia among them. Patients and Methods: A case-control study from June 2019 to December 2019 was carried out in Rizgary Teaching Hospital and Nawroz Health Center involving 100 adult patients with essential hypertension (group I ) and 100 normotensive age and gender-matched controls ( group II). The serum magnesium level was measured in all participants. Results: Females constitute 64 % of both study groups. The means of the age of both study groups show no significant difference (p=0.82). Although the means of Mg level in hypertensive and control groups were within the normal range, it was significantly lower in hypertensive patients (p=0.004). Besides, 4 hypertensive patients (4%) had hypomagnesemia compared with zero in controls (p=0.043). Conclusion: There was a significantly lower mean magnesium level in hypertensives compared to controls. A relationship was assumed between serum magnesium level and hypertension. However; hypomagnesemia was not common in hypertensive patients. http://djm.uodiyala.edu.iq/index.php/djm/article/view/731Hypertension; Magnesium; Hypomagnesemia |
| spellingShingle | Salam Naser Zangana Suhad Ali Khazaal Evaluation of Serum Magnesium Level Among Patients with Essential Hypertension in Erbil-Iraq Diyala Journal of Medicine Hypertension; Magnesium; Hypomagnesemia |
| title | Evaluation of Serum Magnesium Level Among Patients with Essential Hypertension in Erbil-Iraq |
| title_full | Evaluation of Serum Magnesium Level Among Patients with Essential Hypertension in Erbil-Iraq |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of Serum Magnesium Level Among Patients with Essential Hypertension in Erbil-Iraq |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of Serum Magnesium Level Among Patients with Essential Hypertension in Erbil-Iraq |
| title_short | Evaluation of Serum Magnesium Level Among Patients with Essential Hypertension in Erbil-Iraq |
| title_sort | evaluation of serum magnesium level among patients with essential hypertension in erbil iraq |
| topic | Hypertension; Magnesium; Hypomagnesemia |
| url | http://djm.uodiyala.edu.iq/index.php/djm/article/view/731 |
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