Reassessing home blood pressure thresholds: clinical implications of lowering the diagnostic criteria to 130/80 mmHg
The conventional home BP threshold of 135/85 mmHg may fail to identify a considerable proportion of masked, sustained, and nighttime hypertension. Lowering the threshold to 130/80 mmHg, or designating 130/80-134/84 mmHg as a diagnostic 'gray zone' warranting ABPM confirmation, may improve diagnostic precision and facilitate earlier detection of hypertension in clinical practice.
Authors
- J. Chung
- Kang Hee Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3574-9463)
- Hae-Young Kim
- M Y Rhee
- J S Jang
Institutions
- Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital (KR)
- Department of Health (TW)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Hypertension
- Published
- 2026-02-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/hjh.0000000000004259
- Primary Topic
- Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00