You may not remember when the National Institute of Health revised the guidelines for diagnosing parameters for normal blood pressure, pre-hypertension and frank hypertension back in 2005. The new guidelines set normal blood pressure readings at a systolic or top number less than 120 and a diastolic or number below the formula line of less than 80. Pre-hypertension was established as systolic or top number between 120 and 139, diastolic or below-the-line number between 80 and 89. Frank...
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