May Measurement Month 2017: an analysis of blood pressure screening results from Australia-South-East Asia and Australasia.

ABSTRACT: Increased blood pressure (BP) is the single biggest contributing risk factor to the global disease burden. May Measurement Month (MMM) is a global initiative of the International Society of Hypertension aimed at raising awareness of high BP. In Australia, hypertension affects around six million adults and continues to remain the greatest attributable cause of cardiovascular mortality and morbidity (48.3%), stroke deaths (28%), and kidney disease (14%). An opportunistic cross-sectional survey was carried out during May 2017 predominantly in capital cities across Australia which included adult volunteers. Blood pressure measurement, the definition of hypertension and statistical analysis followed the standard MMM protocol. Additional information obtained included anthropometric data and resp

SUBMITTER: Carnagarin R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6479418 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature