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Figure 1


Figure 1 Effect of Age on Death

Cubic spline analysis demonstrating nonlinear effect of age on death using Cox regression adjusted for gender and significant model comorbidities. Hazard ratios by age (solid red line) are relative to those with median age; 95% confidence intervals (CI) are also shown (dotted blue lines).