Diabetes & Atherosclerosis
Serum magnesium levels in youth with type 1 diabetes linked to early atherosclerosis
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, June 26th, 2006
"Hypomagnesemia and sub-clinical atherosclerosis are common in type 1 diabetic patients, and are especially common in poorly controlled and chronically treated diabetics. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationships between serum magnesium (Mg) and intima-media thickness (IMT), and functions, of common carotid artery (CCA), accepted as markers of early carotid atherosclerosis in type I diabetic patients," researchers in Turkey report.
M.E. Atabek and colleagues at Selcuk University explained, "Serum magnesium levels...
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