May Measurement Month 2019: an analysis of blood pressure screening results from Australia
| Autor: | Francine Z. Marques, Dean S. Picone, Sue Critchley, Thomas Beaney, Mario Fernando, Diane Cowley, Isabella Tan, Revathy Carnagarin, Salima Omelczuk, Derrin Brockman, Markus P. Schlaich, Neil R Poulter, Jun Yang, Naomi Trengrove |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Mean arterial pressure
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| Zdroj: | European Heart Journal Supplements : Journal of the European Society of Cardiology B20 B18 |
| ISSN: | 1520-765X |
| Popis: | May Measurement Month (MMM) is an annual global blood pressure (BP) screening campaign aimed at obtaining standardized BP measurements and other relevant health information from members of the community to increase awareness of elevated BP and the associated risks. Adults (≥18 years) were recruited through opportunistic sampling across the various Australian states during May 2019. Three BP readings were recorded in a standardized manner for each participant, and data on lifestyle factors and comorbidities were collected. Hypertension was defined as a systolic BP ≥140 mmHg, or a diastolic BP ≥90 mmHg (according to the MMM protocol) or taking antihypertensive medication. Multiple imputation was used to estimate participants’ mean BP where three readings were not available. Of the 2877 participants, 901 (31.3%) had hypertension of whom 455 (50.5%) were aware of their condition, and 366 (40.6%) were on antihypertensive medication. Of those taking antihypertensive medication, 54.3% were controlled to |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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