Pivotal Role of Mediterranean Dietary Regimen in the Increase of Serum Magnesium Concentration in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease

Table 3

Laboratory parameters in the groups with the dietary score lower than 5 and group with higher dietary score.

Laboratory parameters	Dietary score lower than 5 (𝑛=35)	Dietary score between 5 and 10 (𝑛=67)	𝑃 value
Magnesium	2.01±0.40	1.80±0.28	0.026
Last fasting blood sugar (mg/dL)	111.38±30.25	109.43±31.83	0.763
Last creatinine (mg/dL)	1.21±0.28	1.25±0.24	0.498
Hematocrit	41.18±4.02	41.75±4.34	0.510
Triglyceride (mg/dL)	175.92±58.09	178.49±94.67	0.866
Cholesterol (mg/dL)	168.24±43.73	161.14±42.49	0.435
High density lipoprotein (mg/dL)	41.64±9.29	40.43±8.62	0.525
Low density lipoprotein (mg/dL)	89.94±37.19	85.79±33.98	0.584
Lipoprotein (a) (mg/dL)	36.00±28.25	27.92±27.46	0.172
Albumin (g/dL)	4.65±0.26	4.65±0.27	0.918
C-reactive protein	6.33±1.70	6.31±4.58	0.974