How we worked it out
Updated as you change the numbers.
- The higher category of the two numbers applies: normal < 120/80; elevated 120–129 and < 80; stage 1 130–139 or 80–89; stage 2 ≥ 140 or ≥ 90; crisis > 180 and/or > 120.
Method and assumptions
These are the categories of the 2017 ACC/AHA guideline used in the US. Other countries (and the 2024 ESC guideline) use somewhat different cutoffs.
Questions
Is 128/82 high blood pressure?
By the 2017 ACC/AHA guideline it is stage 1 hypertension, because the diastolic number is 80–89.
Sources
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