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Something consider: elevated diastolic blood pressure with a systololic blood pressure of <140 is apparently not correlated to more negative outcomes. Apparentl
by Tharkun 9y ago
Something consider: elevated diastolic blood pressure with a systololic blood pressure of <140 is apparently not correlated to more negative outcomes. Apparently home blood pressure monitors are prone to overreport the diastolic reading by about 7mm in those instances. Source: recently read a paper about this, which looked at multiple large scale studies. Don't have the link on mobile, sorry.
Bottom line: well done on the lifestyle changes, and don't worry if only the bottom number is high.
- kayoone 9y agoInteresting, I have read quite conflicting information on that though, link would be appreciated. The problem is not just with home monitors though and I read while it’s more disregarded in older people it could point to underlying issues in younger people which is what freaks me out since nobody found anything yet.