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In order to study the relation between plasma magnesium and blood glucose concentrations in diabetes, diurnal profiles were obtained in nine diabetic patients and five healthy subjects. A significant inverse relationship between the two variables was found in seven of the nine diabetic patients and in one healthy subject. This could not be attributed solely to changes in plasma albumin, and its mechanism is unclear. Plasma magnesium levels in diabetes are closely dependent on blood glucose concentration.
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Mather, H.M., Levin, G.E., Nisbet, J.A. et al. Diurnal profiles of plasma magnesium and blood glucose in diabetes. Diabetologia 22, 180–183 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00283749
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