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{Azevedo:2019:eurheartj/suz080,
author = {Azevedo, V and Dias, L and Soares, I and Garcia, G and Beaney, T and Xia, X and Poulter, NR},
doi = {eurheartj/suz080},
journal = {European Heart Journal Supplements},
pages = {D28--D30},
title = {May measurement month 2017: Results from Cabo Verde-Sub-Saharan Africa.},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/suz080},
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. Cabo Verde is in an epidemiological transition, with replacement of infectious diseases by chronic diseases, and the major cause of morbidity/mortality is cardiovascular disease which caused 28.9% of the total deaths in 2016. The only data we have are from 2007-the Ministry of Health and Social Security used a study STEP approach in which the prevalence of hypertension was 35%. An opportunistic cross-sectional survey of volunteers aged ≥18 was carried out in May 2017 (MMM17). Blood pressure measurement, the definition of hypertension and statistical analysis followed the standard MMM protocol. A total of five islands and eight centres, including hospitals and local health centres participated in this study, with about 20 volunteers/investigators. A total of 2630 individuals were screened during MMM17. After multiple imputation, 760 (29.0%) had hypertension defined as being on BP lowering treatment or having a BP ≥140/90 mmHg. Of individuals not receiving anti-hypertensive medication, 232 (11.1%) were hypertensive. Of 522 individuals receiving anti-hypertensive medication with an available BP, 225 (43.1%) had uncontrolled BP. MMM17 was the largest BP screening campaign undertaken in Cabo Verde. The proportion of hypertensives in the population in study was 29.0%, with most of these on treatment, and 43.1% of those on treatment with uncontrolled hypertension. These results suggest that opportunistic screening can identify significant numbers with raised BP.
AU  - Azevedo,V
AU  - Dias,L
AU  - Soares,I
AU  - Garcia,G
AU  - Beaney,T
AU  - Xia,X
AU  - Poulter,NR
DO  - eurheartj/suz080
EP  - 30
PY  - 2019///
SN  - 1520-765X
SP  - 28
TI  - May measurement month 2017: Results from Cabo Verde-Sub-Saharan Africa.
T2  - European Heart Journal Supplements
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/suz080
UR  - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31043870
UR  - https://academic.oup.com/eurheartjsupp/article/21/Supplement_D/D28/5476818
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/71416
VL  - 21
ER  -
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