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. 2021 Jul 17;14:3299–3306. doi: 10.2147/DMSO.S318255

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Flowchart of the study population. Type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) was diagnosed based on the diagnostic criteria for T2DM set by the World Health Organization in 1999. Data used in this analysis were collected for all participants by the same instruments and methods.