Blood pressure values
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Whether medical treatment is necessary
depends not only on the blood pressure,
but also on the patient's risk profile.
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Please contact your GP if one of the
values (systole, diastole) consistently
exceeds the cut-off point for high blood
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pressure.
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Self-measurement of blood pressure
often produces somewhat lower values
at home than at the doctor's.
The German Hypertension League has
therefore defined lower cut-off values
for home measurements:
Home measurement:
Measurement in the
doctor's surgery:
135/85 mmHg
140/90 mmHg