title: [Magnesium, cardiovascular risk factors and atherosclerosis].
abstract: Magnesium plays essential roles in fundamental cellular reaction and physiological regulation of vascularture, nervous system, and organs. Accumulating findings have revealed that magnesium deficiency relates cardiovascular risk factors including elevated blood pressure, insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, platelet aggregation, and inflammatory reaction, and leads to atherosclerosis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujioka
authors.forename: Mitsuhiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
mesh_terms: D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000209:etiology*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008275:Magnesium Deficiency / Q000150:complications*; D012307:Risk Factors