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SUBMITTER: Zelveian P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6480932 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zelveian Parounak P Avagyan Avag A Minasyan Arsen A Hakobyan Zoya Z Ustyan Tsiala T Gharibyan Heghine H Melkonyan Arevik A Aroyan Siranush S Vatinyan Susanna S Gourgenyan Svetlana S Beaney Thomas T Xia Xin X Poulter Neil R NR
European heart journal supplements : journal of the European Society of Cardiology 20190424 Suppl D
Elevated blood pressure (BP) is a growing burden worldwide, leading to over 10 million deaths each year. May Measurement Month (MMM) is a global initiative aimed at raising awareness of high BP and to act as a temporary solution to the lack of screening programmes worldwide. An opportunistic cross-sectional survey of volunteers aged ≥18 was carried out in May 2017. Blood pressure measurement, the definition of hypertension and statistical analysis followed the standard MMM protocol. The study wa ...[more]