Table 2 Effect of different doses of magnesium chloride added to the desalinated water on glycemic and insulin sensitivity parameters.
Glycemic and insulin sensetivity parameters | Control- group A (0 mg/L) (n = 37) median (interquartile range) | Group B (20 mg/L) (n = 33) median (interquartile range) | Group C (50 mg/L) (n = 32) median (interquartile range) | ||||||
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Pre | Post | p value | Pre | Post | p value | Pre | Post | p value | |
FBG (mg/dL) | 145 (112, 179) | 137 (108, 173) | 0.877 | 147 (129, 200) | 141 (121, 179) | 0.513 | 142 (119, 180) | 144 (111, 165) | 0.651 |
HbA1c (%) | 8.2 (7.1, 9.9) | 7.9 (6.8, 8.9) | 0.595 | 8.3 (7.3, 9.3) | 7.9 (7.0, 9.1) | 0.306 | 8.2 (7.6, 8.9) | 8.0 (7.0, 8.7)* | 0.040 |
Insulin (μIU/mL) | 9.0 (5.4, 20.1) | 8.9 (6.2, 24.5) | 0.075 | 9.2 (5.8, 17.0) | 8.7 (5.8-19.8) | 0.930 | 9.9 (5.4, 16.3) | 7.5 (5.7, 12.1)* | 0.030 |
C-Peptide (ng/mL) | 1.8 (1.2, 2.8) | 1.8 (1.1–2.6) | 0.945 | 1.9 (1.2, 2.4) | 2.0 (1.3–2.6) | 0.481 | 1.9 (1.4, 3.1) | 2.1 (1.5, 2.7) | 0.720 |
HOMA-IR | 2.4 (1.7, 7.2) | 3.5 (1.7, 9.6) | 0.310 | 3.6 (2.1, 6.9) | 2.9 (2.0-7.5) | 0.743 | 2.9 (2.2, 7.4) | 2.5 (1.8, 5.2)* | 0.002 |