May Measurement Month 2019: analysis of blood pressure screening in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Autor: Erkin Mirrakhimov, Umid Zakirov, Saamay Abilova, Azamat Asanbaev, Erkaiym Bektasheva, Nursultan Asanaliev, Yrysbek Mamat uulu, Nazira Alibaeva, Ksenya Neronova, Alina Kerimkulova, Olga Lunegova, Aliina Altymysheva, Wei Wang, Thomas Beaney, Neil R Poulter
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: European heart journal supplements : journal of the European Society of Cardiology. 24
ISSN: 1520-765X
Popis: High blood pressure (BP) is one of the leading causes of death in Kyrgyzstan. The world's largest event in the field of increasing awareness of raised BP is the May Measurement Month (MMM) campaign. Kyrgyzstan joined MMM in 2019. The inclusion criteria for participants in the study were: age ≥18 years and providing informed consent. Hypertension was defined as the presence of systolic BP ≥140 mm Hg or diastolic BP ≥90 mm Hg based on the mean of the second and third of three sitting BP measurements or on treatment for hypertension. Most of the participants (96.9%) were surveyed inside two large shopping malls of Bishkek. The total number of people who took part in the screening was 2013. The mean age was 38.8 (± 12.6) years, and 1006 were women (50.0%) and 1007 men (50.0%). One-hundred eighty-four participants had hypertension (9.1%), of whom 59 (32.0%) were aware of their diagnosis, and hypertension was controlled in 25 participants (13.7%). The mean BMI was 24.0 (± 4.1) kg/m2, 34 (1.7%) participants had diabetes mellitus, 12 (0.6%) had a history of myocardial infarction, 4 (0.2%) had a history of stroke, 314 (15.6%) were smokers. 41 (2.0%) drank alcohol 1–3 times a month, 46 (2.3%)—once per week. MMM screening allows us to gather up-to-date data on the prevalence, awareness and control of hypertension among volunteer screenees in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
Databáze: OpenAIRE