Figure 2

Selection of study population. *Diseases in the exclusion criteria included hypertensive diseases (I10 ~ I13, I15), ischemic heart diseases (I20 ~ I25), cerebrovascular diseases and related syndromes (I60 ~ I69, G45 ~ G46), diabetes mellitus with circulatory complications (E10.5, E11.5, E12.5, E13.5, E14.5), and cancer (C00 ~ C97). #The four ASCVDs included myocardial infarction (I21.0–4, I21.9, I22.0–1, I22.8–9), stable or unstable angina (I20), ischemic stroke (I63.0–6, I63.8–9), and transient ischemic attack (G45.0–3, G45.8–9).