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We appreciate the correspondence from Tanaka et al. and would like to reply to the points that they have raised [1].

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  1. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and Hypertension, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan

    Mariko Kawasoe, Shin Kawasoe, Takuro Kubozono, Satoko Ojima, Takeko Kawabata, Yoshiyuki Ikeda & Mitsuru Ohishi

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Kawasoe, M., Kawasoe, S., Kubozono, T. et al. Reply to “Oversimplified scoring system may compromise its utility as a predictive model for the development of hypertension”. Hypertens Res 45, 1089–1090 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41440-022-00903-6

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