Participant Blood Pressure Results
Date: ___________
This fact sheet provides your results from today’s visit and information what these measures might mean
for your health. These results are not to be used as diagnostic information or make decisions about your
health. If you are concerned with these results, you should contact your primary health care physician.
BLOOD PRESSURE RESULTS:
Reading 1:
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Reading 2:
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Reading 3:
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Here are useful blood pressure categories, as defined by the American Heart Association:
Blood Pressure
Systolic mmHg
Diastolic mmHg
Category
(upper #)
(lower #)
Normal
less than 120
and
less than 80
Prehypertension
120 – 139
or
80-89
High Blood
Pressure
140-159
or
90-99
(Hypertension)
Stage 1
High Blood
Pressure
160 or higher
or
100 or higher
(Hypertension)
Stage 2
Hypertensive
Crisis
Higher than 180
or
Higher than 110
(Emergency care
needed)