May Measurement Month 2020: An Analysis of Blood Pressure Screening Results From China

• Published in: The journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) Conn.), 2025-01, Vol.27 (1), p.1-4
• Main Authors: Chen, Xin, Zhang, Li-Ping, Wang, Xiao-Long, Zhang, Ning-Ru, Yu, Jing, Xu, Li-Ying, Li, Tong-She, Luan, Hong, Zhang, Juan, Hu, Ya-Min, Liu, Dan, Zheng, Qi-Dong, Li, Yan, Wang, Ji-Guang
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Blood Pressure - physiology; Blood Pressure Determination - methods; Blood Pressure Determination - statistics & numerical data; China - epidemiology; COVID-19 - epidemiology; Female; Humans; Hypertension - diagnosis; Hypertension - drug therapy; Hypertension - epidemiology; Hypertension - physiopathology; Male; Mass Screening - methods; Middle Aged; SARS-CoV-2; Short
• ISSN: 1524-6175; 1751-7176; 1751-7176
• DOI: 10.1111/jch.14919

We reported the blood pressure data obtained in the May Measurement Month (MMM) China project in 2020 during the COVID-19 control period. The study participants were adults (≥ 18 years), ideally in whom blood pressure had not been measured in the previous year. Blood pressure was measured three times consecutively with a 1-min interval in the sitting position, using a validated automated BP monitor (Omron HEM-7081IT), and transmitted to a central database via a smartphone app. The measurement was performed at 136 sites across 29 China provinces. The 100 728 participants had a mean (±SD) age of 45.6 (±18.3) years and included 56 097 (55.7%) women. The mean systolic/diastolic blood pressure was 120.0/76.9 mm Hg. The proportion of hypertension was 28.9% (n  =  29 135), and the awareness, treatment, and control rates of hypertension were 45.3% (n = 13 212), 39.7% (n =  1573), and 24.4% (n = 7101), respectively. After adjustment for age, gender, and use of antihypertensive medication, systolic/diastolic BP were significantly higher with cigarette smoking (n = 8070, +0.5/+1.0 mm Hg, p < 0.05), mild (n = 4369, +1.2/+1.3 mm Hg, p