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@article{Victória:2020:eurheartj/suaa015,
author = {Victória, Pereira S and Neto, M and Feijão, A and Oliveira, P and Brandão, M and Soito, E and Mbala, C and João, A and Manuel, C and Mundombe, L and Muela, H and Beaney, T and Ster, AC and Poulter, NR and Fernandes, M},
doi = {eurheartj/suaa015},
journal = {European Heart Journal Supplements},
pages = {H8--H10},
title = {May measurement month 2018: an analysis of blood pressure screening results from Angola.},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/suaa015},
volume = {22},
year = {2020}
}

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AB  - Elevated blood pressure (BP) is a growing burden worldwide with high prevalence in the world and with a huge impact on public health. 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. An opportunistic cross-sectional survey of volunteers aged ≥18 was carried out in May 2018. Blood pressure measurement, the definition of hypertension and statistical analysis followed the standard MMM protocol. In Angola 14 433 individuals (mean age 38.6 years; 53.7% female; 99.9% black) in 6 of 18 provinces were screened. In total, 99.0% of screenees provided three BP readings with an average BP from 2nd and 3rd reading of 126/80 mmHg. After imputation, 4844 (33.6%) had hypertension of whom 54.2% were aware of their diagnosis and 46.3% were on antihypertensive medication. Of those medicated, 42.6% were controlled and of all hypertensive individuals, 19.7% were controlled. We screened 2603 individuals with untreated hypertension and 1285 with inadequately treated hypertension. Angolan MMM18 emerges as a continuation of the Angolan MMM17 study, the largest BP screening campaign undertaken in Angola, enabling us to compare the 2 years. This year's results also showed a high percentage of hypertensive individuals and almost 3900 adults with untreated or inadequately treated hypertension, demonstrating that there is still a long way to go but also that the Angolan MMM is being effective at raising awareness at least among these individuals.
AU  - Victória,Pereira S
AU  - Neto,M
AU  - Feijão,A
AU  - Oliveira,P
AU  - Brandão,M
AU  - Soito,E
AU  - Mbala,C
AU  - João,A
AU  - Manuel,C
AU  - Mundombe,L
AU  - Muela,H
AU  - Beaney,T
AU  - Ster,AC
AU  - Poulter,NR
AU  - Fernandes,M
DO  - eurheartj/suaa015
EP  - 10
PY  - 2020///
SN  - 1520-765X
SP  - 8
TI  - May measurement month 2018: an analysis of blood pressure screening results from Angola.
T2  - European Heart Journal Supplements
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/suaa015
UR  - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32884456
UR  - https://academic.oup.com/eurheartjsupp/article/22/Supplement_H/H8/5898724
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/84462
VL  - 22
ER  -

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