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Flowchart for defining prevalent and incident cardiovascular disease (CVD) cases in the UK Biobank cohort. *The full inclusion and exclusion criteria for each CVD are presented in Table S4. BMI indicates body mass index; ICD-10, International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Edition; ICD-9, International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Edition; OPCS4, Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, version 4; and QC, quality control.
