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{Victória:2021:eurheartj/suab038,
author = {Victória, Pereira S and Neto, M and Feijão, A and Lutucuta, E and Mbala, C and Muela, H and Soito, E and Matias, A and Mundombe, L and Beaney, T and Partington, G and Poulter, NR and Fernandes, M},
doi = {eurheartj/suab038},
journal = {European Heart Journal Supplements},
pages = {B9--B11},
title = {May Measurement Month 2019: an analysis of blood pressure screening results from Angola},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/suab038},
volume = {23},
year = {2021}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Raised blood pressure (BP) is the biggest risk factor that contributes to the global burden of disease and mortality. May Measurement Month (MMM) is a global initiative aimed to improved awareness of BP and has been a temporary solution to the lack of screening programmes. An opportunistic cross-sectional survey of volunteers aged ≥18 was carried out in May 2019. Blood pressure measurement, the definition of hypertension, and statistical analysis followed the standard MMM protocol. In total, 7112 individuals were screened (mean age 41.3 years; 50.4% female; 99.5% black) in 6 of the 18 Angolan provinces. In total, 99.6% of screenees provided three BP readings with an average BP of the 2nd and 3rd readings of 126/81 mmHg. After imputation, 2745 (38.6%) had hypertension of whom 1389 (59.8%) were aware of their diagnosis and 50.6% were on antihypertensive medication. Of those 1389 treated participants, 41.2% were controlled (<140/90 mmHg) and of all hypertensive individuals, 20.8% were controlled. Also, 1356 individuals had untreated hypertension and 817 were inadequately treated. Angolan MMM19 follows on from the MMM17 (n = 17481) and MMM18 (n = 14433) studies, which were the largest BP screening campaigns undertaken in Angola. The 2019 results showed a high percentage of hypertensive individuals and almost 2200 adults had either untreated or inadequately treated hypertension, demonstrating that there is work to do 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  - Lutucuta,E
AU  - Mbala,C
AU  - Muela,H
AU  - Soito,E
AU  - Matias,A
AU  - Mundombe,L
AU  - Beaney,T
AU  - Partington,G
AU  - Poulter,NR
AU  - Fernandes,M
DO  - eurheartj/suab038
EP  - 11
PY  - 2021///
SN  - 1520-765X
SP  - 9
TI  - May Measurement Month 2019: an analysis of blood pressure screening results from Angola
T2  - European Heart Journal Supplements
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/suab038
UR  - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34248427
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/90592
VL  - 23
ER  -
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