Table 3.

Empirical new BP thresholds derived to optimize the sensitivity and specificity of diagnosing hypertension as determined using 24-hour BP monitoring

BP Classification	Office Systolic BP	Office Diastolic BP	Automated Systolic BP	Automated Diastolic BP
JNC-7	123	82	120	78
ACC/AHA	119	79	116	76

JNC-7, Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure; ACC/AHA, American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association.