High blood pressure screening in pharmacies during May Measurement Month campaigns in Switzerland

Aikaterini Damianakia Service of Nephrology and Hypertension, Lausanne University Hospital, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, SwitzerlandCorrespondence[email protected]

Kenji Theilera Service of Nephrology and Hypertension, Lausanne University Hospital, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Thomas Beaneyb Imperial Clinical Trials Unit, Imperial College London, London, UK;c Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK

Wei Wangb Imperial Clinical Trials Unit, Imperial College London, London, UK

Michel Burniera Service of Nephrology and Hypertension, Lausanne University Hospital, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1283-8487

Grégoire Wuerznera Service of Nephrology and Hypertension, Lausanne University Hospital, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

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Figure 1. Flow chart of the study.

Table 1. Demographic characteristics of the participants screened in pharmacies.

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Figure 2. Relationship between first systolic blood pressure (SBP) measurement and the first measurement effect defined as the change in SBP between the first (SBP1) and the average of the second and third measures (SBP23).

Table 2. Blood pressure values and first measurement effect.

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Figure 3. Total prevalence of arterial hypertension using ESH 2018 and ESH2021 thresholds, and across BMI and age categories.

Table 3. Prevalence of arterial hypertension, proportion of treated hypertensives and proportion of treated hypertensives with controlled BP according to PHT-threshold and ESH2018-threshold and by sex.

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Figure 4. Predicted probability of an individual having hypertension according to a (sex), b (body mass index, BMI) and c (diabetes).

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The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author, [A.D].

High blood pressure screening in pharmacies during May Measurement Month campaigns in Switzerland

Table 1. Demographic characteristics of the participants screened in pharmacies.

Table 2. Blood pressure values and first measurement effect.

Table 3. Prevalence of arterial hypertension, proportion of treated hypertensives and proportion of treated hypertensives with controlled BP according to PHT-threshold and ESH2018-threshold and by sex.

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Table 1. Demographic characteristics of the participants screened in pharmacies.

Table 2. Blood pressure values and first measurement effect.

Table 3. Prevalence of arterial hypertension, proportion of treated hypertensives and proportion of treated hypertensives with controlled BP according to PHT-threshold and ESH2018-threshold and by sex.

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