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Geographical Variations in Heart Deaths and Diabetes: Effect of Climate and a Possible Relationship to Magnesium

Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Science, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah

View larger version (28K): [in a new window]   Fig. 1. Geographical variations in male heart deaths and prevalence of diabetes in the United States. A. Male heart deaths for those over 35 years, 1991–1995, in tertiles by states: lowest, 492–626; middle, 627–715; and highest, 722–878/100,000. B. Prevalence of diabetes in 1998, in tertiles by states: lowest, 2.8–4.4; middle, 4.5–5.7; highest, 5.8–7.8%. The lowest tertiles are white, the middle tertiles are light grey, and the highest tertiles are dark grey.

View larger version (26K): [in a new window]   Fig. 2. Box plots of the tertiles of Z-environment and Z-climate on male heart deaths in the United States. The bottom and top of the box plots are the 25th and 75th percentiles. The median is the horizontal line within the box. The adjacent lines demonstrate the variance of the data. The small circles are mild outliers. Statistical data is from ANOVA. Tertiles with different letters are significantly different (p < 0.05).

View larger version (24K): [in a new window]   Fig. 3. Box plots of the tertiles of Z-environment and Z-climate on the prevalence of diabetes in the United States. See Fig. 2 for a description of the box plots. Tertiles with different letters are significantly different (p < 0.05).