How Do I Evaluate My Blood Pressure - SAN-UP BP 3ABO-H Instruction Manual

How do I evaluate my blood pressure?

There are various organizations or institutions that
clas tions for blood pressure.
Following a table for classifying blood pressure values in adults
in accordance with the World Health Organisation (WHO) in 2003.
Data in mmHg.
Range
blood pressure too
low
1. blood pressure
optimum
2.
blood pressure normal
3. blood pressure
slightly high
4. blood pressure too
high
5. blood pressure far
to high
6. blood pressure
dangerously high
4
Systolic Diastolic Recommendation
100 60
Consult your
doctor
100 - 120 60 - 80 Self-check
120 - 130 80 - 85 Self-check
130 - 140 85 - 90
Consult your
doctor
140 - 160 90 - 100 Seek medical
advice
160 - 180 100 - 110 Seek medical
o
advice
180 110
Urgently seek
medical advice!
The higher value is the one that determines the evaluation.
Example: a readout value between 150/85 or 120/98 mmHg
indicates «blood pressure too high».
The U.S. National Institutes of Health JNC7, 2003, established the
following standards for assessing high blood pressure in adults.
Data in mmHg.
Category Systolic (mmHg) Diastolic (mmHg)
< 120
Normal
120 - 139
Pre-Hypertension
Hypertension
Stage 1 Hypertension 140 - 159
Stage 2 Hypertension >/= 160
Further Information
If your values are mostly normal under resting conditions but
exceptionally high under conditions of physical or psychological
stress, it is possible that you are
«labile hypertension». Consult your doctor.
Correctly measured diastolic blood pressure values above
120 mmHg require immediate medical treatment.
and < 80
or 80 - 89
or 90 - 99
or >/= 100
from so-called