New Guidelines Blood Pressure

New hypertension guidelines mean high blood pressure starts at a reading of 130 80 lower than previous guidelines.

New guidelines blood pressure. High blood pressure should be treated earlier with lifestyle changes and in some patients with medication at 130 80 mm hg rather than 140 90 based on new acc and american heart association aha guidelines for the detection prevention management and treatment of high blood pressure. The new guidelines state that a normal range means your blood pressure must be under 120 over 80. Volume i issue i. If your systolic blood pressure the top number is between 120 and 129 and you don t have a diagnosis of hypertension you fall into the category of elevated blood.

High pressure which for decades has been a top reading of at least 140 or a bottom one of 90 drops to 130 over 80 in advice announced monday by a dozen. The new guidelines stem from the 2017 results of the systolic blood pressure intervention trial sprint which studied more than 9 000 adults ages 50 and older who had systolic blood pressure the top number in a reading of 130 mm hg or higher and at least one risk factor for cardiovascular disease. In november of last year the american heart association aha the american college of cardiology and nine other groups recently redefined high blood pressure. There are now three categories of high blood pressure.