Effects of Magnesium Supplementation on Blood Pressure: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trials

Hypertension

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 324-333

  Zhang, Xi ^a   Li, Yufeng ^b   Del Gobbo, Liana C ^c   Rosanoff, Andrea ^d   Wang, Jiawei ^e   Zhang, Wen ^f   Song, Yiqing ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Capital Medical University Pinggu Teaching Hospital   (China)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Center for Magnesium Education and Research   (United States)

^e DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^f FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

blood pressure; hypertension; magnesium; meta analysis; randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; META ANALYSIS; MINERAL SUPPLEMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT DURATION; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DRUG EFFECTS; HYPERTENSION;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MAGNESIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84978114112     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: 15244563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.116.07664     Document Type: Article

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