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CVI severity was classified by the clinical (C) component of the Clinical, Etiologic, Anatomic, and Pathophysiologic (CEAP) classification system and categorized as mild (C0\u20132), moderate (C3), or severe (C4\u20136). PG and insufficiency US findings were compared across categories and machine learning models were trained to predict severe CVI.\n                    <jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold>\n                    We analyzed 1478 limbs from 839 patients who were predominantly women (62%) with a mean age of 61 years (\u00b1 14 years). Severe CVI was present in 32.3% of limbs. US detected venous incompetence in 67.4% of limbs overall and in 75.3% of severe CVI limbs. Abnormal PG findings occurred in 72.9% of limbs overall and in 88.5% of severe CVI limbs. PG parameters in machine learning models outperformed US parameters in predicting severe CVI (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve [AUROC] 0.82 vs 0.65). The top PG model (multilayer perceptron [MLP]) achieved an AUROC of 0.82, versus the best US model (gradient boosting) with an AUROC of 0.65. Limiting PG data to incompetence and obstruction parameters modestly reduced performance but remained higher than US (logistic regression AUROC 0.72).\n                    <jats:bold>Conclusion:<\/jats:bold>\n                    Our findings indicate that PG assessment in CVI offers superior performance compared to US. 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