Serum bicarbonate and cardiovascular events in hypertensive adults: results from the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial

Mirela Dobre, Nicholas M. Pajewski, Srinivasan Beddhu, Michel Chonchol, Thomas H. Hostetter, Ping Li, Mahboob Rahman, Karen S. Servilla, Daniel E. Weiner, Jackson T. Wright,

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation · 2019 · 28 citations · 27 references

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Abstract

In hypertensive individuals, serum bicarbonate level <22 mEq/L was associated with an increased CVD risk. The effect of intensive BP lowering on CVD outcomes was not modified by the serum bicarbonate level.

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