L-Shaped Association of Serum Chloride Level With All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality in American Adults: Population-Based Prospective Cohort Study

Xinran Hou   ^{1, 2} , MD, PhD ;   Wei Xu   ³ , MD ;   Chengliang Zhang   ^{2, 4} , MD, PhD ;   Zongbin Song   ^{1, 2} , MD, PhD ;   Maoen Zhu   ^{1, 2} , MD ;   Qulian Guo   ^{1, 2} , MD, PhD ;   Jian Wang   ^{1, 2} , MD, PhD

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China

² National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China

³ Department of Anesthesiology, Hunan Provincial Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, University of South China, Changsha, China

⁴ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China