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. 2015 Jan 13;14:5. doi: 10.1186/1476-069X-14-5

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The predicted values of pulse pressure from the linear mixed model with the continuous tibia lead variable using the tibia bone lead values at the 25 ^th percentile and the 75 ^th percentile of the distribution at baseline (left) and after 10 years (right) for the ancestral type (solid line) and variant (dashed line) of VDR Bsm1 , with all other covariates held constant at the mean (continuous variables: age at baseline (65 yrs), BMI (28 kg/m ² ), and calcium intake from food (800 mg/day)) or zero (categorical variables: race (white), smoking (non-smoker), alcohol intake (less than two drinks/day), diabetes status (no), family history of hypertension (no), and education (completed high school)).