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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 31.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Kidney Dis. 2014 Aug 29;65(2):240–248. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2014.07.007

Table 6.

Sensitivity Analysis For Participants with eGFR ≥60 mL/min/1.73 m2

Total Population Men Women
Lumbar BMD (g/cm2)
 Continuous* 0.006 (0.001,0.011) 0.009 (0.001,0.016) 0.008 (0.002,0.014)
 < 24 mEq/L (referent group) (referent group) (referent group)
 24-25 mEq/L 0.003 (-0.007,0.014) -0.007 (-0.025,0.012) 0.014 (0.001,0.027)
 25.1-26.9 mEq/L 0.011 (0.001,0.021) 0.012 (-0.005,0.029) 0.017 (0.005,0.029)
 ≥ 27 mEq/L 0.016 (0.003,0.030) 0.019 (-0.001,0.039) 0.022 (0.005,0.039)
 P for trend 0.01 0.02 0.01
Total BMD (g/cm2)
 Continuous* 0.003 (-0.001,0.007) 0.004 (-0.001,0.009) 0.005 (0.001,0.009)
 < 24 mEq/L (referent group) (referent group) (referent group)
 24 -25 mEq/L 0.006 (-0.004,0.015) 0.005 (-0.010,0.019) 0.008 (-0.002,0.017)
 25.1-26.9 mEq/L 0.003 (-0.006,0.012) 0.006 (-0.008,0.020) 0.003 (-0.004,0.011)
 ≥ 27 mEq/L 0.011 (-0.002,0.023) 0.012 (-0.004,0.028) 0.017 (0.003,0.032)
 P for trend 0.1 0.1 0.03

Abbreviation: BMD, bone mineral density; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate.

Note: n=8,877. Table shows association of serum bicarbonate with lumbar and total BMD. Values are given as regression coefficient (95% confidence interval). Bold values indicate p<0.05. Models adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, body mass index, poverty, education, activity level, smoking status, fasting length, diuretic and calcium carbonate use, diagnosis of diabetes mellitus, hypertension and cardiovascular disease, estimated glomerular filtration rate, albuminuria, serum albumin, calcium, phosphate and C-reactive protein.

*

Per 1-standard deviation higher serum bicarbonate (standard deviation = 2.2 mEq/L).