This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. The overall goal of this study is to determine whether the administration of oral potassium citrate can reduce postmenopausal bone loss by reducing net acid. Hypothesis - In elderly women, short and long-term administration of oral potassium citrate will reduce the effects of negative calcium balance and increased bone turnover caused by sub-clinical metabolic acidosis. The effects will be more pronounced in individuals with lower yet still normal serum bicarbonate.
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