However, the limitation is due to the relatively small sample size and limitations of the modelling method, the confidence intervals of the spline curves included 1 at all TC levels, suggesting that the association between TC and mortality may not be significant, and therefore our derivation of the optimal cut-off point may have been biased.
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Association between total cholesterol and all-cause mortality in oldest old: a national longitudinal study.
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