ArticleAmerican journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation2014
Low serum bicarbonate and kidney function decline: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).
Article in American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02743650 (Pilot Study of Sodium Bicarbonate in Generally Healthy People With Low Bicarbonate), which is not on this map. Cited by 52 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Pilot Study of Sodium Bicarbonate in Generally Healthy People With Low Bicarbonate
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52 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 94 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Metabolic Acidosis in CKD: Pathogenesis, Adverse Effects, and Treatment Effects.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
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- Early Trajectory of Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate and Long-term Advanced Kidney and Cardiovascular Complications in Type 1 Diabetes.Diabetes care · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundAmong populations with established chronic kidney disease (CKD), metabolic acidosis is associated with more rapid progression of kidney disease. The association of serum bicarbonate concentrations with early declines in kidney function is less clear. STUDY
designRetrospective cohort study. SETTING &
participants5,810 participants in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) with a baseline estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) > 60mL/min/1.73 m(2) using the CKD-EPI (CKD Epidemiology Collaboration) creatinine-cystatin C equation. PREDICTORS: Serum bicarbonate concentrations. OUTCOMES: Rapid kidney function decline (eGFR decline > 5% per year) and incident reduced eGFR (eGFR < 60mL/min/1.73 m(2) with minimum rate of eGFR loss of 1 mL/min/1.73 m(2) per year).
resultsAverage bicarbonate concentration was 23.2 ± 1.8mEq/L. 1,730 (33%) participants had rapid kidney function decline, and 487 had incident reduced eGFR during follow-up. Each 1-SD lower baseline bicarbonate concentration was associated with 12% higher adjusted odds of rapid kidney function decline (95% CI, 6%-20%) and higher risk of incident reduced eGFR (adjusted incidence rate ratio, 1.11; 95% CI, 1.03-1.20) in models adjusting for demographics, baseline eGFR, albuminuria, and CKD risk factors. The OR for the associations of bicarbonate level < 21 mEq/L relative to 23-24 mEq/L was 1.35 (95% CI, 1.05-1.73) for rapid kidney function decline, and the incidence rate ratio was 1.16 (95% CI, 0.83-1.62) for incident reduced eGFR. LIMITATIONS: Cause of metabolic acidosis cannot be determined in this study.
conclusionsLower serum bicarbonate concentrations are associated independently with rapid kidney function decline independent of eGFR or albuminuria in community-living persons with baseline eGFR > 60 mL/min/1.73 m(2). If confirmed, our findings suggest that metabolic acidosis may indicate either early kidney disease that is not captured by eGFR or albuminuria or may have a causal role in the development of eGFR < 60 mL/min/1.73 m(2).
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