Table 3.

Adverse events during the study period^a

Adverse Events	Control (% of Patients)	Bicarbonate (% of Patients)	P
Hospitalization for CHF	0	0	N/A
Worsening hypertension requiring increase in therapy	48	61	0.17
Worsening edema requiring increase in loop diuretics	30	39	0.5
Bad taste requiring switch to powder form of sodium bicarbonate	N/A	6.5	N/A

^aCHF, congestive heart failure.