title: Dietary magnesium intake and coronary heart disease risk: a study from Serbia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the relationship between dietary magnesium intake and the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD).
  
  
  METHODS
  A conducted case-control study included 290 randomly selected cases (mean age 59.98 +/- 10.03 years) with first event of an acute coronary syndrome and 290 selected controls paired by sex, age and region (mean age 59.43 +/- 10.10 years) admitted to the same hospitals without any suspicion of coronary disease. A diet was assessed by an interviewer-administered semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire, and magnesium intake was derived from the nutrient database.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Subjects with coronary heart disease had significantly lower intake of foods containing high levels of magnesium like whole grain (p<0.0001), legumes (p<0.05) and nuts (p<0.05). Lower dietary magnesium intake was found to be positively associated with risk of coronary heart disease (0.027).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our findings suggest that dietary intake of magnesium was associated with reduced risk of coronary heart disease among Serbian population.
authors.affiliation: JKP "Naissus" Nis, 2Faculty of medicine University of Nis, Serbia. slavlab@gmail.com
authors.forename: Slavica
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stevanovic
authors.forename: Maja
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nikolic
authors.forename: Aleksandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stankovic
mesh_terms: D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000209:etiology*; D004032:Diet; D006801:Humans; D008274:Magnesium / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D008275:Magnesium Deficiency / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D008274:Magnesium