Monitoring of serum magnesium levels during long-term use of proton pump inhibitors in elderly japanese patients: is it really necessary or not?

Table 4 Serum magnesium concentrations in patients receiving two types of PPIs (aged < 75 years)

	Esomeprazole (n = 6)	Lansoprazole (n = 20)	P value
Magnesium (mg/dL), mean ± SD (range)	2.2 ± 0.11 (2.00–2.30)	2.1 ± 0.15 (1.90–2.60)	0.087

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