Relationship between mortality and use of sodium bicarbonate at the time of dialysis initiation: a prospective observational study

Table 2 Associations between use of sodium bicarbonate and heart failure symptoms at initiation of dialysis therapy

	Crude OR (95% CI)	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	p value
Without Sodium Bicarbonate	Reference	Reference	Reference
With Sodium Bicarbonate	0.66 (0.53–0.83)	0.79 (0.63–0.99)	< 0.05

OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval; other factors included diabetes mellitus, estimated glomerular filtration rate, calcium channel blocker, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor and angiotensin receptor blocker

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