Blood pressure under 140/90 mm Hg used to be considered OK. Now there are new classifications, such as “prehypertension” – blood pressures between 120-139 millimeters of mercury (mm Hg) - which can be used to alert people who are definitely at higher risk for becoming hypertensive.
And, in people over age 50, systolic pressure is more important than diastolic.
“The higher the blood pressure, the greater the chance of heart attack, heart failure, stroke, and kidney disease.”
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