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Penalized spline smoother of the relationship between the risk of rapid kidney function decline and uric acid concentration levels. We observed a nonlinear relationship between the concentration of uric acid levels and the risk of decline in kidney function with a sharp increase when uric acid is ~8.5 mg/dL and above
