Serum magnesium deficiency and its metabolic-vascular correlates in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus at a Nigerian Tertiary Hospital
Tajudin Adesegun Adetunji, David Olubukunmi Soyoye, Muzamil Olamide Hassan, Oluwasegun Ijarotimi, Gbenga Joshua Odunlami, Ummulkhair Funke Adetunji, Okechukwu Obumneme Ezekpo, Yetunde Akuma, Adetokunbo Ajala, Babatope Ayodeji Kolawole, Rosemary Temidayo Ikem · 2026
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Adetunji and co-authors compared blood magnesium in 83 Nigerian adults with type 2 diabetes against 83 matched non-diabetic controls at a teaching hospital. Their 2026 cross-sectional study also modeled beta-cell function and insulin resistance and screened for kidney damage and peripheral artery disease.
The gap was stark: median magnesium in diabetic patients was 0.40 millimoles per liter versus 0.88 in controls, a difference significant below p 0.001 in the analysis, and every single diabetic participant counted as magnesium-deficient. Levels tracked with beta-cell function at a rho of 0.47 and with fasting insulin at 0.42 across the cohort, yet showed no relationship with blood sugar control itself or with kidney and artery complications. The team reads magnesium as a marker of metabolic dysfunction and argues for routine measurement in diabetes care.
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| CREATOR | Tajudin Adesegun Adetunji, David Olubukunmi Soyoye, Muzamil Olamide Hassan, Oluwasegun Ijarotimi, Gbenga Joshua Odunlami, Ummulkhair Funke Adetunji, Okechukwu Obumneme Ezekpo, Yetunde Akuma, Adetokunbo Ajala, Babatope Ayodeji Kolawole, Rosemary Temidayo Ikem |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 27 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |