Imperial College London
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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{Hernández-Hernández:2019:eurheartj/suz075,
author = {Hernández-Hernández, R and Octavio-Seijas, JA and Morr, I and López-Rivera, J and Gúzman-Franolic, ML and Costantini-Olmos, AP and Silva, E and Méndez-Amaya, NC and Duín, A and Vásquez, D and Ruíz-Lugo, JF and Marval, J and Duín, JCC and Ponte-Negretti, CI and Beaney, T and Kobeissi, E and Poulter, NR},
doi = {eurheartj/suz075},
journal = {European Heart Journal Supplements},
pages = {D124--D126},
title = {Results of the May measurement month 2017: blood pressure campaign in Venezuela-Americas.},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/suz075},
volume = {21},
year = {2019}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Cardiovascular diseases, mainly coronary heart disease and stroke, are the first cause of death in Venezuela; and hypertension is the main risk factor. May Measurement Month (MMM) is a global initiative aimed at raising awareness of elevated blood pressure (BP) and to act as a temporary solution to the lack of regular screening programmes. Some representative studies indicate prevalence of hypertension in Venezuela between 24 and 39%, and control rate around 20%. Sixty-four sites were included to participate in MMM, mainly in pharmacies. Physical measurements included height, weight, and abdominal circumference. Blood pressure was measured in the sitting position three times after resting for 5 min, 1 min apart, using validated oscillometric devices. 21 644 individuals were screened. After multiple imputation, 10 584 individuals [48.9% (50.7% male; 47.7% female)] had hypertension. Of individuals not receiving antihypertensive medication, 1538 (12.2%) were hypertensive. Of individuals receiving antihypertensive medication, 2974 (32.9%) had uncontrolled BP. About 16% had obesity calculated by body mass index; 43.8% of women and 20.7% of men had abdominal obesity. This was the largest BP screening carried out in Venezuela, in which 48.9% of the individuals had elevated BP, untreated hypertension was 12.2%, and one-third of subjects taking treatment were not controlled. About 16% had obesity by body mass index, and abdominal obesity is more common in women. These results suggest that repeated screening like MMM17 can identify hypertension in important numbers and can also evaluate programmes of hypertension treatment and control in Venezuela.
AU  - Hernández-Hernández,R
AU  - Octavio-Seijas,JA
AU  - Morr,I
AU  - López-Rivera,J
AU  - Gúzman-Franolic,ML
AU  - Costantini-Olmos,AP
AU  - Silva,E
AU  - Méndez-Amaya,NC
AU  - Duín,A
AU  - Vásquez,D
AU  - Ruíz-Lugo,JF
AU  - Marval,J
AU  - Duín,JCC
AU  - Ponte-Negretti,CI
AU  - Beaney,T
AU  - Kobeissi,E
AU  - Poulter,NR
DO  - eurheartj/suz075
EP  - 126
PY  - 2019///
SN  - 1520-765X
SP  - 124
TI  - Results of the May measurement month 2017: blood pressure campaign in Venezuela-Americas.
T2  - European Heart Journal Supplements
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/suz075
UR  - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31043899
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/71328
VL  - 21
ER  -
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