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Plasma bicarbonate and risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus
Ernest I. Mandel, Gary C. Curhan, Frank B. Hu and Eric N. Taylor
CMAJ September 18, 2012 184 (13) E719-E725; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.120438
Ernest I. Mandel
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.
Gary C. Curhan
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.
Frank B. Hu
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.
Eric N. Taylor
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.

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Baseline characteristics of the study population by case status
- Table 2:
Baseline characteristics of controls by quartile of plasma bicarbonate
- Table 3:
Odds ratios of type 2 diabetes mellitus during the 10-year follow-up period, by baseline level of plasma bicarbonate
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Plasma bicarbonate and risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus
Ernest I. Mandel, Gary C. Curhan, Frank B. Hu, Eric N. Taylor
CMAJ Sep 2012, 184 (13) E719-E725; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.120438
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