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Flow chart of the procedure used to select participants for the study.
Out of 10,081 persons in the original cohort, we excluded 185 persons who lacked data regarding the outcome and living conditions in the 2011 survey, and 2
578 participants already diagnosed with metabolic syndrome in the 2011 survey. We assessed a total of 7
318 participants.
