Fig. 1: Overview and workflow of the study design and analyses.

A The overview of the study design. B The workflow of the study analyses. CVDs cardiovascular diseases, CeVDs cerebrovascular diseases, RFs risk factors, CAD coronary artery disease, MI myocardial infarction, HF heart failure, AF atrial fibrillation, AIS all ischemic stroke, SBP systolic blood pressure, TG total triglyceride, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, T2D type 2 diabetes, BMI body mass index, cIMT carotid intima-media thickness.