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{Ndhlovu:2021:eurheartj/suab041,
author = {Ndhlovu, HLL and Chirwa, ML and Mbeba, MK and Nyirenda, NM and Mbulaje, LD and Beaney, T and Xia, X and Poulter, NR},
doi = {eurheartj/suab041},
journal = {European Heart Journal Supplements},
pages = {B95--B97},
title = {May Measurement Month 2019: an analysis of blood pressure screening results from Malawi},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/suab041},
volume = {23},
year = {2021}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - May Measurement Month (MMM) is a global initiative that aims at raising awareness and screening people for high blood pressure (BP). Malawi has participated in MMM since 2017. A 2017 STEPwise Survey conducted in Malawi among 4187 participants found that 65.2% had never had their BP measured before, 26.8% had their BPs measured but not diagnosed, 3.9% were diagnosed but not within the last 12 months, and 4.1% were diagnosed within the last 12 months. An opportunistic cross-sectional survey of volunteers aged 18 and above was carried out in May and June 2019. All BP measurements, definition of hypertension and statistical analysis followed the standard MMM protocol. The screening took place in Nkhatabay, Lilongwe, and Blantyre. A total number of 9723 participants were screened with a mean age of 42.0 (SD 16.6) years. Of these 8444 (86.8%) had never had their BP measured within the last 12 months, 2559 (26.3%) had raised BP, 2169 (23.2%) of those with raised BP were not on treatment whereas 390 (4.0%) were on treatment. The results showed that many of the participants had not had their BP checked in the past year. There is a significant need to expand BP screening opportunities within Malawi for early detection of hypertension.
AU  - Ndhlovu,HLL
AU  - Chirwa,ML
AU  - Mbeba,MK
AU  - Nyirenda,NM
AU  - Mbulaje,LD
AU  - Beaney,T
AU  - Xia,X
AU  - Poulter,NR
DO  - eurheartj/suab041
EP  - 97
PY  - 2021///
SN  - 1520-765X
SP  - 95
TI  - May Measurement Month 2019: an analysis of blood pressure screening results from Malawi
T2  - European Heart Journal Supplements
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/suab041
UR  - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34054369
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/90569
VL  - 23
ER  -
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