ArticleNutrients2020
The Associations of Dietary Iron, Zinc and Magnesium with Metabolic Syndrome in China's Mega Cities.
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- Dose-response relationship of serum ferritin and dietary iron intake with metabolic syndrome and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease incidence: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Pooled it
- Association Between Dietary Zinc Intake and Metabolic Syndrome. A Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Pooled it
- Associations of the Dietary Iron, Copper, and Selenium Level With Metabolic Syndrome: A Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies.Frontiers in nutrition · 2021Pooled it
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- Dietary Magnesium and Calcium Intake in Relation to Metabolic Health Status in Iranian Adolescents with Overweight and Obesity.Current developments in nutrition · 2026Article
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- Gut microbiome restoring biogenic ferritin mineral as an effective oral iron supplement for iron deficiency anemia.Journal of nanobiotechnology · 2025Article
- Inquiry of the Metabolic Traits in Relationship with Daily Magnesium Intake: Focus on Type 2 Diabetic Population.Clinics and practice · 2024Review
- A causal relationship between antioxidants, minerals and vitamins and metabolic syndrome traits: a Mendelian randomization study.Diabetology & metabolic syndrome · 2023Article
- The SNP rs516946 Interacted in the Association of MetS with Dietary Iron among Chinese Males but Not Females.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Hepatic Response of Magnesium-Restricted Wild Type Mice.Metabolites · 2021Article
- Hepatic Steatosis Is Associated with Elevated Serum Iron in Patients with Obesity and Improves after Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy.Obesity facts · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundIron, zinc and magnesium perform differently in body metabolism but exist in similar food. This study was to evaluate the associations of dietary iron, zinc and magnesium with metabolic syndrome (MetS).
methodsA sample of a total of 5323 participants from four of China's mega cities was included in the current study. Both a 3-day 24-h dietary recall and household condiment weighing were applied to assess dietary intake, respectively. Hierarchical logistic regression models were used to evaluate the associations of dietary iron, zinc and magnesium with MetS.
resultsAfter adjusting for age, sex, region, years of education, physical activity level, intended physical exercises, smoking status, alcohol use, daily energy intake and mutual adjustment for dietary iron, zinc and magnesium, significant positive trends were found across quartiles of total dietary iron and the risk of MetS, as well as for magnesium and MetS (
conclusionsDietary iron and magnesium were positively associated with the risk of MetS, while zinc was inversely associated with the risk of MetS, in China's mega cities. The positive association of magnesium with MetS could be a result confounding by other factors correlated with magnesium in grains and potato, which warrants further study.
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