Hypomagnesaemia As a Mortality Risk Factor in Protein-energy Malnutrition
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Magnesium (Mg) modulates vasomotor tone, blood pressure, and peripheral blood flow. Mg deficiency was shown to trigger vasoconstriction and enhance vascular endothelial injury (2). On the other hand, endothelin-1 (ET-1) is a potent vasoconstrictor peptide, produced by vascular endothelial cells (3). We investigated the effects of hypomagnesaemia on mortality and other mortality risk factors in patients with PEM.
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