Review Article

The Importance of Magnesium in Clinical Healthcare

Table 2

Measurement of magnesium levels [6, 7].

(i) Total serum magnesium concentration
  Filterable = 33% bound to proteins
   25% bound to albumin and 8% to globulin
  Unfilterable = 66% of which
   92% is free and
   8% is complexed to phosphate, citrate, or other compounds
   [14]
(ii) Serum ionized Mg concentrate
(iii) Total and free red blood cell Mg concentration
(iv) Tissue Mg from muscle and bone
(v) NMR for free Mg in tissues (research test)
(vi) Magnesium retention test (research test)