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Table 2 Percentage of patients with low Mg levels

From: The relationship between proton pump inhibitor use and serum magnesium concentration among hemodialysis patients: a cross-sectional study

 

PPI users (n = 86)

PPI non-users (n = 69)

P value

Patients with Mg ≤1.0 mmol/L n (%)

68 (79)

30 (43)

<0.001 (exact p value is 0.0003)

Patients with Mg ≤0.8 mmol/L n (%)

14 (16)

3 (4)

0.018