ArticleTherapeutic advances in ophthalmology
Serum magnesium in diabetic retinopathy: the association needs investigation.
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- The association between magnesium and diabetic retinopathy: a cross-sectional study.BMC ophthalmology · 2026Article
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- Multidimensional dietary assessment and interpretable machine learning models predict the risk of prediabetes/diabetes and osteoporosis comorbidity in older adults.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Putative retina metal/metalloid-binding proteins: molecular functions, biological processes and retina disease associations.Metallomics : integrated biometal science · 2024Article
- Magnesium-A More Important Role in CKD-MBD than We Thought.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
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Abstract
backgroundMagnesium has an essential role in glucose metabolism, and hypomagnesaemia is common in diabetes mellitus. However, the relationship between serum magnesium and diabetic retinopathy is poorly understood.
aimTo determine the association between serum magnesium levels and retinopathy in type 2 diabetic patients with normal renal function and to correlate it with severity of retinopathy.
methodsThis cross-sectional observational study was conducted in a semi-urban tertiary-care teaching hospital. Clinicodemographic profile and serum magnesium levels were determined in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) with (group 1) and without (group 2) retinopathy. Serum magnesium levels were correlated with the presence and severity of retinopathy.
resultsOf 104 type 2 DM patients, 50 had retinopathy. Younger age, longer duration of disease and poorer glycaemic control (
conclusionSerum magnesium levels were lower in patients with diabetic retinopathy. Patients with STDR had lower serum magnesium compared with those without STDR. SUMMARY: Serum magnesium, studied extensively for its role in glucose metabolism, was found to be lower in patients with diabetic retinopathy compared with those without retinopathy. Sight-threatening diabetic retinopathy had significantly lower levels of serum magnesium.
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