Figure 1.

Study flowchart of inclusion and exclusion criteria used to screen Taiwan Biobank project participants. Other phenotypes include age; body mass index; waist circumference; waist–hip ratio; aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, γ-glutamyl transferase, and serum creatinine levels; estimated glomerular filtration rate; serum albumin; total bilirubin; hemoglobin; hematocrit; red blood cell, leukocyte, and platelet counts; and blood urea nitrogen, albuminuria, microalbuminuria, and metabolic syndrome. Abbreviations: QC, quality control; HL, hyperlipidemia; HTN, hypertension; DM, diabetes mellitus; HbA1C, hemoglobin A1C; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; MBP, mean blood pressure; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; TG, triglyceride; T-CHO, total cholesterol; UA, uric acid.