The DASH Diet Mediterranean Solution: The Best Eating Plan to Control Your Weight and Improve Your Health for Life (A DASH Diet Book)

by Marla Heller

Classifications of Blood Pressure (United States) Blood Pressure Categories: Normal (desirable) Systolic Blood Pressure (Top Number) in mm Hg: Less than 120 Diastolic Blood Pressure (Bottom Number) in mm Hg: and Less than 80 Blood Pressure Categories: Elevated Systolic Blood Pressure (Top Number) in mm Hg: 120–129 Diastolic Blood Pressure (Bottom Number) in mm Hg: and Less than 80 Blood Pressure Categories: Stage 1 Hypertension Systolic Blood Pressure (Top Number) in mm Hg: 130–139 Diastolic Blood Pressure (Bottom Number) in mm Hg: or 80–89 Blood Pressure Categories: Stage 2 Hypertension Systolic Blood Pressure (Top Number) in mm Hg: 140 or higher Diastolic Blood Pressure (Bottom Number) in mm Hg: or 90 or higher Table 2. Classification of blood pressure AHA, ACC, JNC8, 2017