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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Kidney Dis. 2013 May 24;62(4):10.1053/j.ajkd.2013.03.035. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2013.03.035

Figure 2. Association between prescribed dialysate bicarbonate (per 4 mEq/L higher) and all-cause mortality, by levels of adjustment.

Figure 2

*Unadjusted Cox model stratified by DOPPS phase and country and accounted for facility clustering; **Patient-level adjustments: vintage, residual kidney function, catheter use, single pool Kt/V, prescribed blood flow rate, treatment time, serum albumin, ferritin, creatinine, calcium, phosphorus, white blood cell count, hemoglobin, dialysate Ca, and dialysate K; ***Facility-level adjustments: % catheter use and % Kt/V < 1.2; DB=Dialysate Bicarbonate, BMI=Body Mass Index.