Kids who don’t eat enough magnesium-rich foods tend to have more body inflammation, even if they’re not more overweight than other kids.
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This study found that Mexican kids who don’t eat enough magnesium have more inflammation in their bodies, even if they’re overweight or going through puberty — so eating more magnesium might help reduce inflammation.
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The two assertions are identical in meaning, with only a trivial wording difference: 'independently of' vs. 'independent of'. Both state the same correlational relationship between magnesium deficiency and C-reactive protein levels in the same population, controlling for the same confounders, and draw the same interpretive conclusion. No substantive difference exists in claim, scope, or context.