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Area of Science:

  • Cardiology
  • Public Health
  • Epidemiology

Background:

  • Simplified blood pressure (BP) screening approaches are proposed but lack evidence on cardiovascular risk in missed hypertension cases.
  • Limited data hinders the adoption of simplified BP screening methods globally.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To quantify missed, over-diagnosed, and consistently identified hypertension cases using simplified screening approaches.
  • To assess the 10-year cardiovascular risk associated with different hypertension case classifications.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of 60 WHO STEPS surveys (n=145,174) from 60 countries (2004-2019).
  • Comparison of nine simplified BP screening approaches against the standard method (average of last 2 of 3 BP readings).
  • Calculation of 10-year cardiovascular risk using WHO Cardiovascular Risk Charts and statistical analysis of misdiagnosis rates and risk factors.

Main Results:

  • The simplified approach using the second BP reading (if the first was 130-145/80-95 mmHg) had the lowest missed case rate (5.62%).
  • The approach using the second BP reading (if the first was ≥140/90 mmHg) had the lowest over-diagnosis rate (3.03%).
  • Cardiovascular risk was not significantly different between missed and consistently identified hypertension cases, and was slightly lower in missed cases.

Conclusions:

  • Simplified BP screening approaches demonstrate low misdiagnosis rates.
  • Cardiovascular risk in missed hypertension cases may be lower than in consistently identified cases.
  • Simplified BP screening methods are suitable for integration into large-scale screening programs and busy clinical settings.