title: Magnesium Levels in Drinking Water and Coronary Heart Disease Mortality Risk: A Meta-Analysis.
abstract: Epidemiological studies have demonstrated inconsistent associations between drinking water magnesium levels and risk of mortality from coronary heart disease (CHD); thus, a meta-analysis was performed to assess the association between them. Relevant studies were searched by the databases of Cochrane, EMBASE, PubMed and Web of Knowledge. Pooled relative risks (RR) with their 95% CI were calculated to assess this association using a random-effects model. Finally, nine articles with 10 studies involving 77,821 CHD cases were used in this study. Our results revealed an inverse association between drinking water magnesium level and CHD mortality (RR = 0.89, 95% CI = 0.79-0.99, I² = 70.6). Nine of the 10 studies came from Europe, and the association was significant between drinking water magnesium level and the risk of CHD mortality (RR = 0.83, 95% CI = 0.69-0.98). In conclusion, drinking water magnesium level was significantly inversely associated with CHD mortality.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou 510000, China. leijiang223@sina.com.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou 510000, China. pengchenghe223@163.com.
authors.forename: Pengcheng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: He
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou 510000, China. jiyanchen888@yeah.net.
authors.forename: Jiyan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou 510000, China. yongliu223@sina.com.
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou 510000, China. dehuiliu123@sina.com.
authors.forename: Dehui
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510000, China. genggengqin123@163.com.
authors.forename: Genggeng
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou 510000, China. ningtan888@yeah.net.
authors.forename: Ning
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000401:mortality*; D060766:Drinking Water / Q000737:chemistry*; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart; D006801:Humans; D008274:Magnesium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D060766:Drinking Water; D008274:Magnesium
keywords: coronary heart disease; magnesium; meta-analysis; mortality