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{Barbosa:2019:eurheartj/suz079,
author = {Barbosa, E and Eibel, B and Brandão, AA and Feitosa, ADM and Miranda, RD and Kobeissi, E and Beaney, T and Poulter, NR and Mota-Gomes, MA and Barroso, WKS},
doi = {eurheartj/suz079},
journal = {European Heart Journal Supplements},
pages = {D25--D27},
title = {May Measurement Month 2017: Brazilian results-Americas},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/suz079},
volume = {21},
year = {2019}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Hypertension is a pathology of high prevalence in the world. In Brazil, it is the main risk factor for the major cause of death in the country, coronary heart disease. The May Measurement Month Campaign in 2017 (MMM17) included a population with representation from all Brazilian states and reflects some of the characteristics of hypertension in Brazil. Questionnaire data were collected and three measures of blood pressure (BP) were performed. The sample consisted of 7260 individuals, 40% were white, 56.4% were women. The average age was 52 years. Diabetes was present in 11.9%, previous myocardial infarction in 4.0% and stroke in 2.7%. About 8.4% were smokers and 26.2% were users of alcoholic drinks. The average BMI was 26.9 kg/m2. Considering the means of the last two measures of BP 47.0% were hypertensive (>140/90 mmHg). Of the individuals who did not use medication, 19.5% were hypertensive and of those who used anti-hypertensive medication 40.0% were uncontrolled. Systolic BP increased with age. The use of alcohol was related to higher BP levels, as well as diabetes and obesity. The MMM17 campaign demonstrated a large number of unknown hypertensives and a high rate of uncontrolled hypertension in Brazil.
AU  - Barbosa,E
AU  - Eibel,B
AU  - Brandão,AA
AU  - Feitosa,ADM
AU  - Miranda,RD
AU  - Kobeissi,E
AU  - Beaney,T
AU  - Poulter,NR
AU  - Mota-Gomes,MA
AU  - Barroso,WKS
DO  - eurheartj/suz079
EP  - 27
PY  - 2019///
SN  - 1520-765X
SP  - 25
TI  - May Measurement Month 2017: Brazilian results-Americas
T2  - European Heart Journal Supplements
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/suz079
UR  - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31043869
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/71316
VL  - 21
ER  -
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