Simplified hypertension screening methods across 60 countries: An observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Simplified blood pressure (BP) screening approaches have been proposed. However, evidence is limited to a few countries and has not documented the cardiovascular risk amongst missed hypertension cases, limiting the uptake of these simplified approaches. We quantified the proportion of missed, over-diagnosed, and consistently identified hypertension cases and the 10-year cardiovascular risk in these groups.

Methods and findings

We used 60 WHO STEPS surveys (cross-sectional and nationally representative; n = 145,174) conducted in 60 countries in 6 world regions between 2004 and 2019. Nine simplified approaches were compared against the standard (average of the last 2 of 3 BP measurements). The 10-year cardiovascular risk was computed with the 2019 World Health Organ

SUBMITTER: Carrillo-Larco RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9012386 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature