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medRxiv PreprintsInternational6 October 2026

PU-Boost: ATwo-StageReliable-Sample Reconstruction Positive-Unlabeled Learning Framework for Screening Undiagnosed Hypertension

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In hypertension screening, previously diagnosed cases provide reliable positive labels, whereas individuals without a prior diagnosis comprise both undiagnosed hypertensive and non-hypertensive individuals, creating a canonical positive-unlabeled (PU) learning setting. We propose PU-Boost, a two-stage reliable-sample reconstruction framework that uses only readily obtainable demographic, behavioral, medical-history, and anthropometric variables. During training, only previously diagnosed hypertension cases are treated as labeled positives (P), while all remaining individuals are treated as unl
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