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Association Between Dietary Magnesium Intake and All-Cause Mortality in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: Insights from NHANES 1999-2018.

Article C Peer reviewed Observational

Key takeaways

This study asked whether people with kidney disease who eat more magnesium live longer. It used a large U.S. health survey covering 1999 to 2018. It found a link between more magnesium in the diet and a lower risk of dying from any cause. This shows a link only, it cannot prove magnesium is the reason.

Who did this work

Xu ZY · Zou J · Xie LJ · Ye Y · He KY · Zhu J · Wang XL · Wang RL · Luo YJ · Zhang JH · Chen Q · Ruan DD

Source

Article · PubMed, CKD nutrition RCTs · 2026 Aug 8
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42570702/