Key result
Opportunistic screening in Mexico reveals ~26% hypertension prevalence with poor awareness and control.
Why the study?
Hypertension awareness and control in Mexico required improvement and comprehensive data to increase visibility of this priority health problem.
Cross-Sectional (n=39,700)
Yes
Suboptimal awareness and control rates highlight management gaps in Mexico; leaves open need for targeted interventions and confirmatory studies.
May Measurement Month 2019 (MMM19) in Mexico was an opportunistic survey, aimed to improve blood pressure (BP) awareness at the individual and population levels. This survey followed the methodology of MMM19, previously published. The total number of participants screened was 39 700, 56.7% female, 36.6% were of mixed ethnicity, mean age [standard deviation (SD)] was 46.9 (17.4) years, and mean body mass index was 27.2 (SD: 4.4) kg/m2. Seven per cent of the participants reported having diabetes, 2.4% reported having a myocardial infarction in the past, 1.1% stroke, 2.0% were pregnant at the time of the survey, 3.7% of women had suffered from hypertension in a previous pregnancy, 11.4% declared that they were smokers, and 47.0% drank alcohol at least once a week. After multiple imputations, of all 39 700 participants, 10 140 (25.5%) had hypertension; of all participants with hypertension, 43.8% were aware of their diagnosis, 41.7% were on antihypertensive medication, and 27.8% had controlled BP (systolic BP <140 mmHg and diastolic BP <90 mmHg). Of those on antihypertensive medication, 27.8% had controlled BP. In Mexico, MMM is the largest hypertension survey ever done, it provides complementary data to the existing information on arterial hypertension in the country and helps to increase the visibility of hypertension: a priority health problem.
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Alcocer et al. (2021) conducted a cross-sectional in Hypertension (n=39,700). Opportunistic blood pressure screening was evaluated on Hypertension prevalence. In an opportunistic blood pressure survey of 39,700 participants in Mexico, 25.5% had hypertension, of whom 43.8% were aware of their diagnosis and 27.8% achieved blood pressure control.
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