Superior predictive value of estimated pulse wave velocity for all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality risk in U.S. general adults.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateNHANES was implemented by the National Center for Health Statistics of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and approved by the National Center for Health Statistics Institutional Review Board. All participants have provided written informed consent. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

"Funding This work was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant numbers: 82100828). The funder has no role in the overall study process, including design, collection of data, statistical analysis, and interpretation of results."