We will include studies of middle-aged and elderly participants including the following groups: physically healthy individuals, those with hyperlipidaemia, cardiovascular diseases, stroke, hyperlipidaemia combined with hypertension (based on 2010 Chinese guidelines for the management of hypertension18), or hyperlipidaemia combined with diabetes (based on the WHO’s definition of diabetes19).
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