May Measurement Month 2019: an analysis of blood pressure screening results from India.
Mansi PatilArun Pulikkottil JoseArun MoreAnuj MaheshwariNarsingh VermaRohan ShahAmrit KaurAparajita KaushikPriyanka SepatThomas BeaneyJonathan ClarkeLeena BagadiaSwati JadhavNeil R PoulterDorairaj PrabhakaranPublished in: European heart journal supplements : journal of the European Society of Cardiology (2021)
Almost a third of the screened population had hypertension, and less than half of those with hypertension were aware of it or on treatment for it. Among those on antihypertensive drugs, BP was controlled in only half of them. These results support the need for greater impetus on BP screening initiatives to detect hypertension early in the community and prevent complications due to uncontrolled BP.