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Hypertension, or high blood pressure is called "the silent killer" because people often don't know they have it ** Systolic Pressure (the top number on your reading) reflects the pressure in your arteries when the heart beats ** Diastolic Pressure (the bottom number) reflects the arterial pressure between heartbeats.
Of those that were aware, less than half had their high blood pressure under control (less than 140mmHg for systolic pressure and 80 for diastolic pressure).
Repeating the blood pressure measurement using a sphygmomanometer may reveal a systolic pressure as low as 26 mmHg below the automatic reading.
 
 
 
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