Measuring Blood Pressure
According to the Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC 7), the classification of hypertension is presented below:
| JNC 7 Classification of blood pressure for adults | ||
| Blood pressure classification | SBP mmHg |
DBP mmHg |
| Normal | <120 |
<80 |
| Prehypertension | 120-139 |
80-89 |
| Stage 1 Hypertension | 140-159 |
90-99 |
| Stage 2 Hypertension | >160 |
>100 |
Please click the icon if you would like to access the complete report: Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure: National Institutes of Health and National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; 2004. 
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