Magnesium for cardiovascular health: time for intervention
by Yiqing Song and Simin Liu

“...In this issue of the Journal, Larsson et al (6) performed a meta-analysis using data from 8 prospective studies involving 6477 stroke cases and 241,378 participants and observed an inverse relation between dietary magnesium intake and stroke risk. In particular, magnesium intake was inversely associated with risk of ischemic stroke but not hemorrhagic stroke. This well-done study summarizes the body of literature concerning the important relation—albeit modest in strength—between magnesium intake and stroke incidence in human populations...”

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