BACKGROUND: Low serum magnesium (Mg++) levels are associated with future
development of left ventricular hypertrophy independently of common cardiovascular risk
factors, as recently demonstrated in the five-year follow-up of the population-based Study of
Health in Pomerania (SHIP). As left ventricular hypertrophy has significant prognostic
implications, we hypothesized that serum Mg++ levels are associated with cardiovascular
mortality. METHOD AND RESULTS: All-cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality were …