“…Covariates were selected based on previous research and our clinical knowledge (17,23,27). The following factors were included as covariates: (i) categorical variables: diabetes mellitus (DM), sex, hypertension, chronic lung disease (CLD), smoking status, coronary heart disease (CHD), drinking status, chronic kidney disease(CKD), daily activity, antihypertensive drug use, antihyperglycemic drug use, antihyperlipidemic drug use, malignant tumors, mental disease,; (ii) continuous variables: age, white blood cell (WBC), hs-CRP, HGB, blood urea nitrogen (BUN), PLT, body mass index (BMI), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), TG, systolic blood pressure (SBP), UA, hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), and serum creatinine (Scr).…”