Figure 1

Flow chart of the inclusion into the study. ^a Persons who had moved, were deceased or could not be reached at the registered address were not considered as potential participants; ^b Only persons of Hindustani Surinamese, African Surinamese and Ethnic Dutch origin were invited for the physical examination (n = 1626). Surinamese participants in the interview who originated from Java or China (i.e. ‘other’ ethnicity) and persons with missing ethnicity were excluded (n = 71); ^c Persons without a measured waist circumference, height, urine albumin and creatinine measurement were excluded (n = 28). The inclusion in SUNSET was reported previously [21].