ArticleNutrients2023
The Association of Serum and Dietary Magnesium with Depressive Symptoms.
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- Magnesium supplementation beneficially affects depression in adults with depressive disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
- The interrelationship between nutritional risk, psychological factors, and quality of life in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): a hospital-based cross-sectional study.Irish journal of medical science · 2026Article
- The Novel Imipramine-Magnesium Complex Exerts Antidepressant-like Activity in Mice Subjected to the Forced Swim Test and the Tail Suspension Test.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Impact of dietary magnesium intake on depression risk in American adults: a cross-sectional study of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2005-2020.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- High Blood Pressure and Impaired Brain Health: Investigating the Neuroprotective Potential of Magnesium.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Interaction between diabetes and body mass index on severe headache or migraine in adults: a cross-sectional study.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- Magnesium depletion score and depression: a positive correlation among US adults.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Association between dietary anthocyanidins intake and depression among US adults: a cross-sectional study (NHANES, 2007-2010 and 2017-2018).BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
- Magnesium-An Ion with Multiple Invaluable Actions, Often Insufficiently Supplied: From In Vitro to Clinical Research.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Review
- Elevated C-Reactive Protein Levels Modify the Effect of Magnesium on Depressive Symptoms: A Population-Based Study.Nutrients · 2023Article
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Abstract
Depression is a leading cause of the global burden of disease and has a multifactorial etiology that includes nutrients. Magnesium status has been associated with depression with inconclusive results. The impact of chronic latent magnesium deficiency (CLMD, 0.75 ≤ serum magnesium < 0.85 mmol/L) on depression has not yet been investigated. We assessed the association between serum magnesium levels/dietary magnesium intake and depressive symptoms by analyzing nationally representative data from Taiwan (Nutrition and Health Survey in Taiwan, NAHSIT). We used the 5-item Brief Symptom Rating Scale to measure depressive symptoms. Subgroup analysis by sex was also performed. Serum magnesium levels had a low correlation with dietary magnesium intake. Higher serum magnesium levels were associated with lower depressive scores and a lower risk of depressive symptoms, but dietary magnesium intake showed no association. Sex differences were found. Compared with subjects with serum magnesium <0.75 mmol/L, those with ≥0.85 mmol/L had lower depressive scores. In conclusion, serum magnesium was inversely associated with depressive symptoms, but dietary magnesium intake was not. Subjects with CLMD showed similar depressive scores and were at a similar risk of depressive symptoms to those with serum magnesium < 0.75 mmol/L. CLMD should be considered while assessing the association between magnesium status and depressive symptoms.
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