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Published in final edited form as: J Natl Med Assoc. 2018 Jul 4;111(1):7–17. doi: 10.1016/j.jnma.2018.06.001

Table 1.

Structured question.

Terms of PICO	Definition of terms
Population	African Americans or African Americans between 18 and 49 years of age
Exposure	Race in the United States
Comparator	Whites between 18 and 49 years of age
Outcomes	Pulse wave velocity, central blood pressure, augmentation index
Study design	Cross-sectional, case-control, longitudinal, retrospective, and prospective studies