![]() ![]() Subjects with high normal blood pressure are at twice the risk of developing hypertension than those with lower values and therefore over time are at greater risk of events and may require antihypertensive medication in the future. 1 Thus, the risk of an event in subjects with high normal systolic blood pressure (130–139 mm Hg) is double that of subjects with optimal systolic blood pressure (<120 mm Hg). ![]() The relationship between blood pressure and risk of stroke and other cardiovascular events is continuous down to a systolic blood pressure of 115 mm Hg each 20 mm Hg increment of systolic blood pressure doubles the risk of such events across the entire blood pressure range from 115/75 to 185/115 mm Hg.
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