Magnesium and Metabolic Syndrome: A Dose-response Meta-analysis
NCT ID: NCT02151227
Last Updated: 2014-12-30
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
12 participants
OBSERVATIONAL
2014-06-30
2014-12-31
Brief Summary
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Different studies have reported inadequate magnesium intake and low serum magnesium concentrations may correlated also with metabolic syndrome, defined as a cluster of metabolic disorders including obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia and impaired glucose tolerance or diabetes mellitus. Previous studies on this subject, however, reported contradicting results. Some investigations reported inadequate magnesium intake and low serum magnesium concentrations while others did not.
To our knowledge, the epidemiological evidence on the relation between dietary magnesium intake and risk of metabolic syndrome has not yet been summarized.Therefore, the investigators will perform a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis to assess the association between dietary and circulating magnesium level and risk of metabolic syndrome.
Detailed Description
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Objective:To our knowledge, the epidemiological evidence on the relation between dietary magnesium intake and risk of metabolic syndrome has not yet been summarized.Therefore, to improve evidence-based guidance for dietary guidelines, the investigators will perform a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis to assess the association between dietary and circulating magnesium level and risk of metabolic syndrome.
Design: The planning, conduct and reporting of the proposed meta-analyses will follow Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines.
Data search and screening: The PubMed, Cochrane CENTRAL, and EMBASE databases via Elsevier will be searched using appropriate search terms.
Study selection: Published articles will be included: Randomized, controlled studies, case-control studies, cross-sectional studies and cohort studies. All studies enrolled adults (age 18 years) and reported metabolic syndrome as the outcome of interest and magnesium intake or serum magnesium concentration as a risk factor or intervention. They reported adjusted risk ratios, including odds ratios, relative risks, hazard ratios with 95% confidence intervals (CIs), or they reported sufficient data to calculate these values for 3 or more quantitative categories of dietary magnesium intake levels. They reported risk ratios with metabolic syndrome criteria according to the National Cholesterol Education Panel (NCEP), modified NCEP, American Heart Association/National Heart Lung and Blood Institute , and harmonized definition . The investigators selected articles written in English that were published in their entirety.
Data extraction: Titles and/or abstracts of studies retrieved using the search strategy will be screened independently by two review investigators to identify studies that potentially meet the inclusion criteria outlined above. The full text of these potentially eligible studies will be retrieved and independently assessed for eligibility by two investigators with disagreements being resolved by consensus. Data will be extracted from multivariate-adjusted models.
Extracted information will included: first author's surname, publication year, name of the cohort study, study location (nation), years of follow-up (in case of cohort study design), sex, age, sample size (prevalence of metabolic syndrome and total number of participants), dietary magnesium intake(mg/day), serum magnesium concentration, covariates adjusted for in the multivariable analysis, and risk ratios with their 95% confidence intervals for each category of dietary magnesium intake and serum magnesium concentrations. The investigators will extract risk ratios that reflect the greatest degree of adjustment for potential confounders. The study investigator will assess the risk of bias in included studies using a tool for assessing the risk of bias for nonrandomized studies (RoBANs) which contain the following eight domains: comparability of groups, selection of participants, confounding variables, measurement of exposure, blinding of outcome assessment, adequacy of outcome assessment, incomplete outcome data and selective outcome reporting.
Domains of RoBANs have the following characteristics:
Comparability of groups: Selection bias caused by the inadequate selection of comparable groups.
Selection of participants: Selection bias caused by the inadequate selection of participants.
Measurement of exposure: Performance bias caused by the inadequate confirmation and consideration of confounding variable.
Blinding of outcome assessments: Detection bias caused by the inadequate blinding of outcome assessments.
Incomplete outcome data: Attrition bias caused by the inadequate handling of incomplete outcome data.
Selective outcome reporting: Reporting bias caused by the selective reporting of outcome.
Adequacy of outcome assessments: Performance bias caused by the inadequate confirmation of outcomes.
RoBANS was developed to be used for the assessment of all study designs except for randomized controlled studies. RoBANS includes criteria for judging the risk of bias for each domain. Any discrepancies will be checked with the study investigator. A final copy of the form from each trial will be checked with the appropriate trial investigator for verification.
Outcomes: The investigators will perform a two stage random-effects dose-risk meta-analysis to examine a linear dose-response relationship between dose of magnesium intake and metabolic syndrome using a generalized least-squares method taking into account random effects. This method constructs a covariance estimate for dose-specific log relative risks (RRs) within each study and then estimates the dose-response relation, accounting for between- and within-study variation. Reported hazard ratios and odds ratios were assumed to approximate RRs.
For the dose-response meta-analysis, The investigators will generalized least-squares regression (GLST), which take into account the correlation between estimates for different expose level, to compute study-specific slopes. This method requires that the number of cases and controls (or person-years) and the RR with its variance estimate for at least three quantitative exposure categories were known. For studies that dose not provide this information, the investigators will estimate the dose-response slopes using variance-weighted least-squares regression (VWLS). Both the methods (GLST and VWLS) required median or mean intake for each category of intake level. For studies that report the concentrations as ranges of magnesium intake only, the investigators will estimate the midpoint in each category by calculating the average of the lower and upper bound. If the upper boundary for the highest category is not provided, the investigators will assume that the boundary has the same amplitude as the adjacent category. When the lowest category is open-ended, the investigators will set the lower boundary to the same amplitude as the adjacent category. In the case of different categorizations of magnesium intake and serum concentrations across studies, the investigators will choose the lowest level as the reference category. Dose responses of dietary magnesium intake will be standardized based on unweighted median differences between the highest and lowest quartile category medians across all studies.
For the meta-analysis, the statistical heterogeneity between the studies will be assessed using the Q and I-squared statistics. For the Q statistic, heterogeneity was considered present if p \< 0.1. The investigators will define low, moderate and high heterogeneity as I-squared values of 25%, 50% and 75%, respectively. Publication bias will be evaluated using Begg's test. In the presence of publication bias, the P values for Begg's test are less than 0.05. The investigators will conduct sensitivity analyses to evaluate potential sources of heterogeneity in the analyses. The investigators will conduct subgroup meta-analyses according to the study design (cross-sectional study, cohort cohort or nested case-control study), study quality, definition of metabolic syndrome, gender, age, and geographic area of the study
Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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COHORT
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Study Groups
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magnesium intake categories
comparators: categories of magnesium intake except lowest category of magnesium intake , controls: lowest category of magnesium intake
No interventions assigned to this group
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Randomized controlled study, Cohort study, Nested case-control study, Case-control study, Cross-sectional study
* The exposure of interest is magnesium intake (mg/day) or serum magnesium concentration(mmol/L, mg/dL)
Exclusion Criteria
* Authors did not make serum magnesium concentration measurement;
* The outcome values can not be used for meta-analysis
* Duplicated articles.
* Studies are not published as full reports, such as conference abstracts and letters to editors
18 Years
90 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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The Catholic University of Korea
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Ju Sang-yhun
M.D., Ph.D., Clinical Associate Professor
Principal Investigators
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Sang-yhun Ju, Ph.D.
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Department of Family Medicine, Yeouido St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea
Locations
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Sang-Yhun Ju
Seoul, , South Korea
Countries
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References
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Ju SY, Choi WS, Ock SM, Kim CM, Kim DH. Dietary magnesium intake and metabolic syndrome in the adult population: dose-response meta-analysis and meta-regression. Nutrients. 2014 Dec 22;6(12):6005-19. doi: 10.3390/nu6126005.
La SA, Lee JY, Kim DH, Song EL, Park JH, Ju SY. Low Magnesium Levels in Adults with Metabolic Syndrome: a Meta-Analysis. Biol Trace Elem Res. 2016 Mar;170(1):33-42. doi: 10.1007/s12011-015-0446-9. Epub 2015 Jul 26.
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Other Identifiers
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SC14EISI0086
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id