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The restricted cubic spline for the associations of elements and CKD. The adjusted ORs were calculated by restricted cubic splines for the log-transformed concentrations of iron and zinc in the multi-element model and the reference value (OR=1) was set at the 10th percentage of each element. The variables adjusted were age, sex, BMI, education and county/city. Manganese was also included in the model.
