Open AccessSerum Bicarbonate and Mortality in Stage 3 and Stage 4 Chronic Kidney Disease
Author(s) -
Sankar D. Navaneethan,
Jesse D. Schold,
Susana Arrigain,
Stacey E. Jolly,
Edgard Wehbe,
Rupesh Raina,
James F. Simon,
Titte R. Srinivas,
Anil K. Jain,
Martin J. Schreiber,
Joseph V. Nally
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
clinical journal of the american society of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.755
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1555-905X
pISSN - 1555-9041
DOI - 10.2215/cjn.03730411
Subject(s) - medicine , bicarbonate , kidney disease , renal function , proportional hazards model , diabetes mellitus , hazard ratio , acidosis , metabolic acidosis , incidence (geometry) , gastroenterology , endocrinology , confidence interval , physics , optics
The incidence and prevalence of metabolic acidosis increase with declining kidney function. We studied the associations of both low and high serum bicarbonate levels with all-cause mortality among stage 3 and 4 chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients.