New Guidelines For Blood Pressure

The new parameters now reflect hypertension to be a reading of 130 over 80 down from 140 over 90.

New guidelines for blood pressure. The new guidelines state that a normal range means your blood pressure must be under 120 over 80. 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. New hypertension guidelines mean high blood pressure starts at a reading of 130 80 lower than previous guidelines. 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.

Ap new guidelines lower the threshold for high blood pressure adding 30 million americans to those who have the condition which now plagues nearly half of u s. The new guidelines are based in part on research carried out and funded by the national heart lung and blood institute nhlbi at nih. 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. Volume i issue i.

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 also encourage additional monitoring using a wearable digital monitor that continually takes blood pressure readings as you go about your life or checked with your own cuff at home. The old guidelines set high blood pressure rates at 140 or. New guidelines for blood pressure.

This additional monitoring can help to tease out masked hypertension when the blood pressure. There are now three categories of high blood pressure. In november of last year the american heart association aha the american college of cardiology and nine other groups recently redefined high blood pressure.