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. 2020 Jun 26;36(5):871–883. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfaa158

Table 4.

Path analysis standardized β coefficients

ZS-003 at 48 h (n = 736)
HARMONIZE at Day 15 (n = 208)
HARMONIZE-Global at Day 15 (n = 214)
Path Regression β (95% CI) P-value β (95% CI) P-value β (95% CI) P-value
a Change in serum K+ on treatment −0.364 (−0.434, −0.294) <0.001 −0.418 (−0.531, −0.305) <0.001 −0.444 (−0.543, −0.344) <0.001
Change in serum bicarbonate on:
b  Change in serum K+ 0.038 (−0.041, 0.118) 0.341 −0.076 (−0.226, 0.073) 0.317 −0.107 (−0.252, 0.038) 0.148
c  Treatment 0.231 (0.161, 0.302) <0.001 0.234 (0.093, 0.374) 0.001 0.175 (0.012, 0.339) 0.036
e  Change in serum urea −0.203 (−0.283, −0.123) <0.001 −0.231 (−0.344, −0.119) <0.001 −0.215 (−0.364, −0.067) 0.005
g  Change in urine pH 0.063 (−0.022, 0.148) 0.144 0.095 (−0.041, 0.230) 0.172 0.085 (−0.033, 0.202) 0.159
d Change in serum urea on treatment −0.131 (−0.197, −0.066) <0.001 −0.188 (−0.305, −0.071) 0.002 −0.353 (−0.472, −0.233) <0.001
f Change in urine pH on treatment 0.133 (0.061, 0.205) <0.001 0.182 (0.048, 0.316) 0.008 0.238 (0.124, 0.351) <0.001
a × b Indirect path via change in serum K+ 0.344 0.317 0.150
d × e Indirect path via change in serum urea 0.003 0.008 0.003
f × g Indirect path via change in urine pH 0.167 0.219 0.165