Table 5. Classification of office BP levels and definition of hypertension in the Japanese, Korean, European, and United States guidelines.

	JSH 2019	KSH 2018	ESC/ESH 2018	ACC/AHA 2017
<120/80	Normal	Normal	Optimal	Normal
120–129 and/or <80 (80–84)	High-normal	Elevated BP	Normal	Elevated BP
130–139 and/or 80–89 (85–89)	Elevated BP	Prehypertension	High-normal	Stage 1 hypertension
140–159 and/or 90–99	Grade 1 hypertension	Grade 1 hypertension	Grade 1 hypertension	Stage 2 hypertension
160–179 and/or 100–109	Grade 2 hypertension	Grade 2 hypertension	Grade 2 hypertension	Stage 2 hypertension
≥180 and/or ≥110	Grade 3 hypertension	Grade 2 hypertension	Grade 3 hypertension	Stage 2 hypertension

ACC = American College of Cardiology; AHA = American Heart Association; BP = blood pressure; DBP = diastolic blood pressure; ESH = European Society of Hypertension; JSH = Japanese Society of Hypertension; KSH = Korean Society of Hypertension; SBP = systolic blood pressure.