Box 2.

Recommendation and suggestions for diagnosing hypertension

1- It is recommended that the threshold for diagnosing hypertension in adults under 75 years of age without comorbidities should be SBP of ≥ 140 mmHg and/or DBP of ≥ 90 mmHg using office BP measurement 2- It is suggested that the threshold for diagnosing hypertension in adults over 75 years of age should be SBP of ≥ 150 mmHg and/or DBP of ≥ 90 mmHg using office BP measurement 3- It is suggested that the threshold for diagnosing hypertension, in case of Ambulatory Blood Pressure Measurement (ABPM), should be considered SBP of ≥ 130 mmHg and/or DBP of ≥ 80 mmHg in an average whole day (24 h) 4- It is suggested that the threshold for diagnosing hypertension, in case of ABPM, should be considered SBP of ≥ 135 mmHg and/or DBP of ≥ 85 mmHg in the average day time or awake time 5- It is suggested that the threshold for diagnosing hypertension, in case of BP measurement at home, should be considered as SBP of ≥ 135 mmHg and/or DBP of ≥ 85 mmHg