Imperial College London
Alternate

Professor Neil Poulter

Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health

Professor of Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine.
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 3446n.poulter

 
 
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Assistant

 

Mrs Ranjit Rayat +44 (0)20 7594 3445

 
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Location

 

55Stadium HouseWhite City Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Van:2019:eurheartj/suz076,
author = {Van, Minh H and Viet, NL and Sinh, CT and Hung, PN and Mong, Ngoc NT and Hung, NV and Son, TK and ong, NT and Thang, C and Tien, HA and Tuan, HC and Beaney, T and Xia, X and Poulter, NR and Schlaich, MP},
doi = {eurheartj/suz076},
journal = {European Heart Journal Supplements},
pages = {D127--D129},
title = {Blood pressure screening during the May Measurement Month 2017 programme in Vietnam-South-East Asia and Australasia.},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/suz076},
volume = {21},
year = {2019}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Elevated blood pressure (BP) is a growing burden worldwide, leading to over 10 million deaths each year. May Measurement Month (MMM) is a global initiative aimed at raising awareness of high BP and to act as a temporary solution to the lack of screening programmes worldwide. Our aim was to screen for hypertension (HTN) and cardiovascular risk factors in people aged ≥18 years in the community, thereby define the proportion of subjects with elevated BP and assess the awareness and the effectiveness of its treatment. An opportunistic cross-sectional survey of volunteers aged ≥18 years was carried out in May 2017. Blood pressure measurement, the definition of HTN and statistical analysis followed the standard MMM protocol. From May 2017 to June 2017, through 10 cities/provinces in Vietnam, 10 993 individuals with mean age 49.1 ± 16.2 years were screened during MMM17. After multiple imputation, 3154 (28.7%) had HTN. Of individuals not receiving antihypertensive medication, 1509 (16.1%) were hypertensive. Of individuals receiving antihypertensive medication, 620 (37.7%) had uncontrolled BP. Raised BP was also associated with additional risk factors including smoking, alcohol, overweight-obesity, and diabetes. May Measurement Month 17 was the largest BP screening campaign ever undertaken in Vietnam. Undiagnosed and uncontrolled HTN in Vietnam remains a substantial health problem. Local campaigns applying standardized methods such as MMM17, will be highly useful to screen for the significant number of individuals with raised BP and increase the awareness of HTN.
AU  - Van,Minh H
AU  - Viet,NL
AU  - Sinh,CT
AU  - Hung,PN
AU  - Mong,Ngoc NT
AU  - Hung,NV
AU  - Son,TK
AU  - ong,NT
AU  - Thang,C
AU  - Tien,HA
AU  - Tuan,HC
AU  - Beaney,T
AU  - Xia,X
AU  - Poulter,NR
AU  - Schlaich,MP
DO  - eurheartj/suz076
EP  - 129
PY  - 2019///
SN  - 1520-765X
SP  - 127
TI  - Blood pressure screening during the May Measurement Month 2017 programme in Vietnam-South-East Asia and Australasia.
T2  - European Heart Journal Supplements
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/suz076
UR  - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31043900
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/71427
VL  - 21
ER  -
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