Numbers (percentages) of participants in five transition stages of transition pattern A*.
Abbreviation: FCMD, first cardiometabolic disease; CMM, cardiometabolic multimorbidity;
Cardiometabolic diseases included type 2 diabetes, ischemic heart disease and stroke. CMM was defined as the occurrence of at least two of the above-mentioned diseases;
*, transition pattern A was defined as transition from baseline to FCMD, then to CMM, and subsequently to death.