Prevalence of Easy Fatigue according to Hair Magnesium Level in Adult Men

Kong, Mi Hee; Kim, Kwang Min

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Magnesium (Mg) deficiency has been associated with cardiovascular diseases. Therefore, past studies had shown that some chronic fatigue syndrome patients had lower red cell Mg concentrations than healthy control subjects. We studied the association the Mg concentrations in hair tissue with the prevalence of easy fatigue.
METHODS
A total of 109 adult men were categorized into easy fatigue group and the control group. We compared with the two groups on basal characteristics. The subjects were divided into quartile groups according to the Mg concentration in their hair with the prevalence of easy fatigue, and compared the odds ratio of easy fatigue with other groups on the basis of the highest quartile group.
RESULTS
Among the total, 64 subjects were in the easy fatigue group and 45 subjects were in the control group. The mean Mg concentration in hair was not significantly different between the two groups. The prevalence of easy fatigue in quartile groups of hair Mg level was increased according to the low Mg level (P for trend=0.033). And the odds ratio of the lowest quartile group was 3.8 (95% CI 1.1~12.9, P=0.031) on the basis of the highest quartile group.
CONCLUSION
The subjects with low hair Mg level had the high prevalence of easy fatigue.