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. 2010 Apr 14;340:c1104. doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1104

Table 3.

 Daytime systolic/diastolic ambulatory blood pressures by age and sex predicted from seated clinic blood pressure levels measured by staff; values in mm Hg

Clinic seated blood pressure Combined (n=5327) Men Women
24-hour Night Day 25-44 (n=468) 45-64 (n=1057) ≥65 (n=800) 25-44 (n=616) 45-64 (n=1112) ≥65 (n=1094)
Grade 3 hypertension >180/110 163/101 157/93 168/105 176/104 170/105 167/104 171/105 167/103 164/102
Grade 2 hypertension >160/100 148/93 139/84 152/96 158/96 154/96 151/96 154/96 151/95 149/93
Grade 1 hypertension >140/90 133/84 121/76 136/87 140/87 138/88 136/87 137/87 135/86 133/85
Target blood pressure plus one condition <130/80 125/76 112/67 128/78 131/79 130/79 128/79 129/78 126/77 125/77
Target blood pressure with proteinuria <125/75 121/71 107/63 124/74 127/75 126/75 125/75 124/73 122/73 121/72
Normal blood pressure <120/80 117/76 102/67 120/78 122/79 122/79 121/79 120/78 118/77 118/77