Baseline characteristics
diabetes duration 9.0 [3.0–15.9] years)., type 2 diabetes
REGRESSION, TYPE 2 DIABETES, DIABETES
The serum bicarbonate concentration was available for 1478 of the 1482 participants with type 2 diabetes in the FDS2 cohort (99.7%; mean age 65.8 ± 11.6 years, 51.6% males, median diabetes duration 9.0 [3.0–15.9] years). Their mean serum bicarbonate was 24 ± 2 mmol/L. The demographic, clinical and biochemical characteristics of patients with serum bicarbonate < 22 mmol/L and ≥ 22 mmol/L are summarised in Table Baseline characteristics of participants with type 2 diabetes in the Fremantle Diabetes Study Phase II categorised by serum bicarbonate below (< 22 mmol/L) versus above (≥ 22 mmol/L) the reference rangeMultiple logistic regression model of independent associates of baseline serum bicarbonate < 22 mmol/L in participants with type 2 diabetes (N = 1478). Final model, n = 1451 (98.2%)