Magnesium Intake and Sleep Disorder Symptoms: Findings from the Jiangsu Nutrition Study of Chinese Adults at Five-Year Follow-Up

Cao, Yingting; Zhen, Shiqi; Taylor, Anne W.; Appleton, Sarah; Atlantis, Evan; Shi, Zumin

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Magnesium Intake and Sleep Disorder Symptoms: Findings from the Jiangsu Nutrition Study of Chinese Adults at Five-Year Follow-Up

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School of Medicine, University of Adelaide, SAHMRI, L7, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia

Jiangsu Provincial Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing 210000, China

The Health Observatory, University of Adelaide, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Campus, Woodville, SA 5000, Australia

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School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia

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Human Nutrition Department, Qatar University, Doha 00000, Qatar

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Nutrients 2018, 10(10), 1354; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu10101354

Received: 13 August 2018 / Revised: 13 September 2018 / Accepted: 18 September 2018 / Published: 21 September 2018

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(1) Background: In clinical trials, dietary magnesium use can improve insomnia symptoms. However, little is known about the association between dietary magnesium consumption and sleep disorder symptoms including daytime falling asleep, sleepiness and snoring at the population level. (2) Methods: We used data from 1487 adults aged 20 and above attending the Jiangsu Nutrition Study. At baseline in 2002, dietary magnesium was assessed by 3-day weighed food records. At follow-up in 2007, sleep disorder symptoms, including daytime falling asleep, sleepiness and snoring at night, were gathered using a sleep questionnaire. (3) Results: The mean intake of magnesium was 332.5 mg/day. In total, 5.3%, 13.2% and 35.7% of the subjects reported daytime falling asleep, daytime sleepiness, and snoring during sleep, respectively. Compared with the lowest quartile of magnesium intake, the highest quartile was associated with decreased likelihood of falling asleep (odds ratio (OR) 0.12 (0.02, 0.57)) in women but not in men after adjusting for demographic, anthropometric, lifestyle factors, hypertension, and overall dietary patterns. No associations were found between dietary magnesium intake and daytime sleepiness nor night snoring in either gender. (4) Conclusions: Dietary magnesium intake may have long-term benefits in reducing the likelihood of daytime falling asleep in women. View Full-Text

Keywords: dietary magnesium; daytime falling asleep; Chinese adults

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Cao, Y.; Zhen, S.; Taylor, A.W.; Appleton, S.; Atlantis, E.; Shi, Z. Magnesium Intake and Sleep Disorder Symptoms: Findings from the Jiangsu Nutrition Study of Chinese Adults at Five-Year Follow-Up. Nutrients 2018, 10, 1354. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu10101354

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Cao Y, Zhen S, Taylor AW, Appleton S, Atlantis E, Shi Z. Magnesium Intake and Sleep Disorder Symptoms: Findings from the Jiangsu Nutrition Study of Chinese Adults at Five-Year Follow-Up. Nutrients. 2018; 10(10):1354. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu10101354

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Cao, Yingting, Shiqi Zhen, Anne W. Taylor, Sarah Appleton, Evan Atlantis, and Zumin Shi. 2018. "Magnesium Intake and Sleep Disorder Symptoms: Findings from the Jiangsu Nutrition Study of Chinese Adults at Five-Year Follow-Up" Nutrients 10, no. 10: 1354. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu10101354

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