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Do we know more about hypertension in Poland after the May Measurement Month 2017? - Europe

Małyszko, Jolanta ; Mastej, Mirosław ; Banach, Maciej ; Tykarski, Andrzej ; Narkiewicz, Krzysztof ; Hoffman, Piotr ; Jankowski, Piotr ; Nowicki, Michał P. ; Tomasik, Tomasz and Windak, Adam , et al. (2019) In European Heart Journal, Supplement 21. p.97-100
Abstract

Elevated blood pressure (BP) is a worldwide burden, leading to over 10 million deaths yearly. May Measurement Month (MMM) is a global initiative organized by the International Society of Hypertension aimed at raising awareness of hypertension and the need for BP screening. An opportunistic cross-sectional survey of volunteers aged ≥18 was carried out in May 2017. BP measurement, the definition of hypertension and statistical analysis followed the globally approved MMM17 Study Protocol. In Poland 5834 (98.9%, Caucasian) individuals were screened. After multiple imputation, 2601 (35.3%) had hypertension. Of individuals not receiving anti-hypertensive medication, 976 (20.6%) were hypertensive. Of individuals receiving anti-hypertensive... (More)

Elevated blood pressure (BP) is a worldwide burden, leading to over 10 million deaths yearly. May Measurement Month (MMM) is a global initiative organized by the International Society of Hypertension aimed at raising awareness of hypertension and the need for BP screening. An opportunistic cross-sectional survey of volunteers aged ≥18 was carried out in May 2017. BP measurement, the definition of hypertension and statistical analysis followed the globally approved MMM17 Study Protocol. In Poland 5834 (98.9%, Caucasian) individuals were screened. After multiple imputation, 2601 (35.3%) had hypertension. Of individuals not receiving anti-hypertensive medication, 976 (20.6%) were hypertensive. Of individuals receiving anti-hypertensive medication, 532 (49.1%) had uncontrolled BP. In the crude screened group, 81.4% declared to not receive any anti-hypertensive treatment, while the remaining 18.6% were on such medications. In overweight and obese patients both systolic and diastolic BP were significantly higher than in normal weight and underweight subjects. In addition, BP measured on Sundays was significantly lower than on Mondays. MMM17 was one of the largest recent BP screening campaigns in Poland. We found that over 1/3 of participants were hypertensive. Almost half of the treated subjects had uncontrolled BP. These results suggest that opportunistic screening can identify substantial numbers with raised BP.

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  abstract     = {{<p>Elevated blood pressure (BP) is a worldwide burden, leading to over 10 million deaths yearly. May Measurement Month (MMM) is a global initiative organized by the International Society of Hypertension aimed at raising awareness of hypertension and the need for BP screening. An opportunistic cross-sectional survey of volunteers aged ≥18 was carried out in May 2017. BP measurement, the definition of hypertension and statistical analysis followed the globally approved MMM17 Study Protocol. In Poland 5834 (98.9%, Caucasian) individuals were screened. After multiple imputation, 2601 (35.3%) had hypertension. Of individuals not receiving anti-hypertensive medication, 976 (20.6%) were hypertensive. Of individuals receiving anti-hypertensive medication, 532 (49.1%) had uncontrolled BP. In the crude screened group, 81.4% declared to not receive any anti-hypertensive treatment, while the remaining 18.6% were on such medications. In overweight and obese patients both systolic and diastolic BP were significantly higher than in normal weight and underweight subjects. In addition, BP measured on Sundays was significantly lower than on Mondays. MMM17 was one of the largest recent BP screening campaigns in Poland. We found that over 1/3 of participants were hypertensive. Almost half of the treated subjects had uncontrolled BP. These results suggest that opportunistic screening can identify substantial numbers with raised BP.</p>}},
  author       = {{Małyszko, Jolanta and Mastej, Mirosław and Banach, Maciej and Tykarski, Andrzej and Narkiewicz, Krzysztof and Hoffman, Piotr and Jankowski, Piotr and Nowicki, Michał P. and Tomasik, Tomasz and Windak, Adam and Olszanecka, Agnieszka and Motyl, Agnieszka and Nowak, Dariusz and Skowron, Łukasz and Tomaszewski, Maciej and Beaney, Thomas and Xia, Xin and Nillson, Peter and Poulter, Neil R. and Jóźwiak, Jacek}},
  issn         = {{1520-765X}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{97--100}},
  publisher    = {{Oxford University Press}},
  series       = {{European Heart Journal, Supplement}},
  title        = {{Do we know more about hypertension in Poland after the May Measurement Month 2017? - Europe}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/suz067}},
  doi          = {{10.1093/eurheartj/suz067}},
  volume       = {{21}},
  year         = {{2019}},
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