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May Measurement Month 2018: a pragmatic global screening campaign to raise awareness of blood pressure by the International Society of Hypertension
(Oxford Univ Press, 2019)
Aims
Raised blood pressure (BP) is the biggest contributor to mortality and disease burden worldwide and fewer than half of those with hypertension are aware of it. May Measurement Month (MMM) is a global campaign set up ...
The Exercise, Arterial Modulation and Nutrition in Youth South Africa Study (ExAMIN Youth SA)
(Frontiers Media, 2020)
Background: The impact of a sedentary and unhealthy lifestyle on cardiovascular
health is well-documented, however the current obesity and hypertension trends among
children is concerning. The ExAMIN Youth SA study aims ...
Ethnicity and arterial stiffness
(AHA, 2020)
Early vascular aging reflects increased arterial stiffness of central blood vessels at young chronological ages and
powerfully predicts cardiovascular events and mortality, independent of routine brachial blood pressure ...