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Flowchart of the sampling frame and participants selected from the METAL study.
ACR, albumin/creatinine ratio; DR, diabetic retinopathy; METAL, Environmental Pollutant Exposure and Metabolic Diseases in Shanghai; RBC, red blood cell; WBC, white blood cell.
