The PRISMA flow diagram (Figure 1) outlines the selection process
The results usually improve over several weeks as the body responds to the treatment
The covariates were adjusted in the PSM model for a priori-identified potential confounders, such as age, sex, race/ethnicity, nicotine dependence, BMI, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidaemia, hypercholesterolaemia, chronic respiratory disease, chronic renal diseases, BP, chronic kidney disease, peripheral vascular diseases, diabetes-related microvascular complications, glomerular diseases, cirrhosis of the liver, osteoporosis, sleep apnoea, abnormal laboratory findings (HbA 1c , serum cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol and triacylglycerol [TG]) and intake of cardiovascular medications (Table 1)
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