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{Wahab:2020:eurheartj/suaa038,
author = {Wahab, KW and Kolo, PM and Sani, MU and Okubadejo, NU and Peter, JO and Aigbe, F and Makusidi, MA and Aje, A and Adewale, A and Adebola, P and Beaney, T and Ster, AC and Poulter, NR and Xia, X and Omotoso, AB},
doi = {eurheartj/suaa038},
journal = {European Heart Journal Supplements},
pages = {H96--H99},
title = {May measurement month 2018: an analysis of blood pressure screening results from Nigeria.},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/suaa038},
volume = {22},
year = {2020}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Hypertension remains the dominant cardiovascular risk factor worldwide. May Measurement Month (MMM) is an annual global programme of the International Society of Hypertension aimed at screening for undetected hypertension in the general population. We report the outcome of MMM 2018 in Nigeria. An opportunistic screening of adults aged at least 18 years was conducted in the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria in the month of May, 2018. Screening for hypertension was done by trained volunteers with the use of validated digital and mercury sphygmomanometers following the MMM protocol. Hypertension was defined as blood pressure (BP) ≥140/90 mmHg or the use of BP-lowering medication. There were 6398 participants (53.0% female) with a mean (SD) age of 41.7 (15.0) years. Hypertension was present in 36.4% of the participants with 51.1% of the hypertensives aware of their status, 41.8% on medication, of whom 43.1% were controlled. Overall, only 18.0% of all hypertensive participants had their BP under control. The proportion with hypertension is high, and awareness, treatment, and control rates are low. Concerted efforts are needed to improve awareness and treatment of hypertension in Nigeria in order to reduce the high rate of complications associated with uncontrolled BP.
AU  - Wahab,KW
AU  - Kolo,PM
AU  - Sani,MU
AU  - Okubadejo,NU
AU  - Peter,JO
AU  - Aigbe,F
AU  - Makusidi,MA
AU  - Aje,A
AU  - Adewale,A
AU  - Adebola,P
AU  - Beaney,T
AU  - Ster,AC
AU  - Poulter,NR
AU  - Xia,X
AU  - Omotoso,AB
DO  - eurheartj/suaa038
EP  - 99
PY  - 2020///
SN  - 1520-765X
SP  - 96
TI  - May measurement month 2018: an analysis of blood pressure screening results from Nigeria.
T2  - European Heart Journal Supplements
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/suaa038
UR  - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32884483
UR  - https://academic.oup.com/eurheartjsupp/article/22/Supplement_H/H96/5898709
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/84461
VL  - 22
ER  -
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