Higher serum bicarbonate levels within the normal range are associated with better survival and renal outcomes in African Americans

Kidney International

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 356-362

  Raphael, Kalani L ^a,b   Wei, Guo ^b   Baird, Bradley C ^b   Greene, Tom ^a,b   Beddhu, Srinivasan ^a,b  

^a 1VA Healthcare System   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

AASK (African American Study of Kidney Disease and Hypertension); acidosis; chronic kidney disease; survival

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; BICARBONATE; CREATININE; IOTALAMIC ACID; METOPROLOL; RAMIPRIL;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RISK REDUCTION; SURVIVAL;

EID: 78651410325     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2010.388     Document Type: Article

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