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Journal of the American College of Nutrition, Vol 9, Issue 4 308-313, Copyright © 1990 by American College of Nutrition

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Blood magnesium parameters do not differ with age

X. Y. Yang, J. M. Hosseini, M. E. Ruddel and R. J. Elin
Clinical Pathology Department, Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.

The relationship between age and blood magnesium (Mg) parameters has not been defined. Mg measurements in plasma, red blood cells (RBCs), and mononuclear blood cells (MBCs) were made in 104 normal volunteers (43 males and 61 females, ages 11-75 years). MBCs were separated from blood using a discontinuous Ficoll-Hypaque gradient. The mean values (+/- SEM) were as follows: plasma Mg 1.63 +/- 0.01 mEq/L, RBC Mg 4.55 +/- 0.06 mEq/L, MBC Mg content 72.8 +/- 1.0 fg/cell, and MBC Mg concentration 19.6 +/- 0.3 mEq/L. We compared these parameters with age (intervals of 10 years) using analysis of variance (ANOVA) and found no significant differences (p greater than 0.05). Thus, plasma, RBC, and MBC Mg parameters do not vary significantly between the ages of 11 and 75 years.




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