[Magnesium, cardiovascular risk factors and atherosclerosis].
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.
Fujioka
Yoshio
Y
Division of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
Yokoyama
Mitsuhiro
M
D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000209:etiology*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008275:Magnesium Deficiency / Q000150:complications*; D012307:Risk Factors