Effects of Oral Sodium Bicarbonate Supplementation on Protein Metabolism and Inflammation in Iraqi Hemodialysis Patients: An Open-Label Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 4

Primary endpoints.

	Intervention, no (%)	Control, no (%)	RR (95% CI)	value
Serum albumin (mg/dl) at 3 m	15/25 (60%)	4/24 (16.6%)	3.75 (1.4 to 9.7)	0.006
nPCR (g/kg/day) at 3 m	14/25 (56%)	3/24 (12.5%)	4.84 (1.47 to 13.64)	0.008