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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 2.

Search strategy for PubMed/Medline.

Terms of PICO	Terms and synonyms	Connection
	1. African Americans [text word or mesh] or	3. =1 or 2
Population	2. African American
Outcomes	4. Augmentation index [mesh or text word]	7. =4 to 6 connected by OR
	5. Central blood pressure [mesh or text word]
	6. Pulse wave velocity [mesh or text word]
Combination	8. 3 AND 11
Additional selection criteria	Articles in English