Plasma bicarbonate and risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus

From the Renal Division (Mandel, Curhan) and the Channing Division of Network Medicine (Mandel, Curhan, Hu, Taylor), Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School; the Departments of Epidemiology (Mandel, Curhan, Hu) and Nutrition (Hu), Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Mass.; and the Division of Nephrology and Transplantation (Taylor), Maine Medical Center, Portland, Me.

From the Renal Division (Mandel, Curhan) and the Channing Division of Network Medicine (Mandel, Curhan, Hu, Taylor), Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School; the Departments of Epidemiology (Mandel, Curhan, Hu) and Nutrition (Hu), Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Mass.; and the Division of Nephrology and Transplantation (Taylor), Maine Medical Center, Portland, Me.

From the Renal Division (Mandel, Curhan) and the Channing Division of Network Medicine (Mandel, Curhan, Hu, Taylor), Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School; the Departments of Epidemiology (Mandel, Curhan, Hu) and Nutrition (Hu), Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Mass.; and the Division of Nephrology and Transplantation (Taylor), Maine Medical Center, Portland, Me.

From the Renal Division (Mandel, Curhan) and the Channing Division of Network Medicine (Mandel, Curhan, Hu, Taylor), Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School; the Departments of Epidemiology (Mandel, Curhan, Hu) and Nutrition (Hu), Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Mass.; and the Division of Nephrology and Transplantation (Taylor), Maine Medical Center, Portland, Me.