NHANES	National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
CKD	Chronic kidney disease
CHD	Coronary heart disease
CHF	Congestive heart failure
DALYs	Disability-adjusted life years
GBD	Global Burden of Disease
ASIR	Age-standardized incidence rate
WHO	World Health Organization
GFR	Glomerular filtration rate
CDC	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NCHS	National Center for Health Statistics
CAPI	Computer-Assisted Personal Interviewing
NDI	National Death Index
ICD	International Classification of Diseases
SD	Standard deviations
RCS	Restricted cubic splines
HR	Hazard ratio
OR	Odds ratio
BMI	Body mass index
CHARLS	China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study
REGARDS	Reasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke
RCTs	Randomized controlled trials
eGFR	estimated glomerular filtration rate
PIR	Family income-to-poverty ratio.