Baseline characteristics of all subjects divided according to the absence of disease at baseline (diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia) and subdivided according to onset of new disease during follow-up (cases vs. controls).

<p>ABSI, a body shape index; WC, waist circumference; BMI, body mass index; SD, standardized difference; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; GGT, gamma-glutamyltransferase</p><p>^a Percentage and p-value by the chi-square test</p><p>^b Mean (standard deviation) and p-value by the unpaired t-test</p><p>Baseline characteristics of all subjects divided according to the absence of disease at baseline (diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia) and subdivided according to onset of new disease during follow-up (cases vs. controls).