<unk> , commonly referred to as "high blood pressure" or<unk> TN, is a medical condition in which the blood pressure is chronically elevated. While it is formally called arterial<unk> , the word<unk> " without a qualifier usually refers to arterial<unk> . Blood pressure is the force of your blood pushing against the walls of your arteries. Each time your<unk> eart beats, it pumps out blood into the arteries. Your blood pressure is<unk> ighest when your<unk> eart beats, pumping the blood. This is called systolic pressure. When your<unk> eart is at rest, between beats, your blood pressure falls. This is the diastolic pressure.<unk>  or<unk> igh blood pressure is considered to be present when a person's systolic blood pressure is consistently 140 mmHg or greater, and/or their diastolic blood pressure is consistently 90 mmHg or greater. Recently, as of 2003, the Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of<unk> igh Blood Pressure<unk> as defined blood pressure 120/80 mmHg to 139/89 mmHg as "prehypertension." Prehypertension is not a disease category; rather, it is a designation chosen to identify individuals at<unk> igh risk of developing<unk> . The Mayo Clinic website specifies blood pressure is "normal if it's below 120/80" but that "some data indicate that 115/75 mm<unk> g should be the gold standard." In patients with diabetes mellitus or kidney disease studies<unk> ave shown that blood pressure over 130/80 mmHg should be considered<unk> igh and warrants further treatment. Even lower numbers are considered diagnostic using<unk> ome blood pressure monitoring devices.
Hypertension
Obesity
Body mass index
Diabetes mellitus
Central obesity
Smoking
Chronic hypertension
Dyslipidemia