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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 4. Association between 3 categories of prescribed dialysate bicarbonate and all-cause mortality, overall and by serum bicarbonate.

Figure 4

Two separate Cox models adjusted for age, sex, body mass index, 13 summary comorbid conditions, 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, dialysate K, facility % catheter use, and facility % Kt/V <1.2, stratified by DOPPS phase and country, and accounted for facility clustering effects; S.Bic=Serum Bicarbonate.