When the sum isn't the whole - The vascular status score and its components in hypertension identification: The African PREDICT study.

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The vascular status score (VSS) is an emerging composite index, developed to investigate early vascular changes by integrating pulse wave velocity (PWV), augmentation index (AIx), and carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT). Although prior studies have linked the VSS to inflammatory and metabolic dysfunction, its association with hypertension remains unexplored. This study compared the ability of the VSS and its...

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