Association of Dietary Magnesium Intake with Fatal Coronary Heart Disease and Sudden Cardiac Death.

ABSTRACT: Background: Postmenopausal women represent the highest population-based burden of cardiovascular disease, including sudden cardiac death (SCD). Our understanding of the etiology and risk factors contributing to fatal coronary heart disease (CHD) and SCD, particularly among women, is limited. This study examines the association between dietary magnesium intake and fatal CHD and SCD. Materials and Methods: We examined 153,569 postmenopausal women who participated in the Women's Health Initiative recruited between 1993 and 1998. Magnesium intake at baseline was assessed using a validated food frequency questionnaire, adjusting for energy via the residual method. Fatal CHD and SCD were identified over an average follow-up of 10.5 years. Results: For ev

SUBMITTER: Li J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6983733 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature