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. 2021 Mar 30:1–9. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1038/s41371-021-00486-8

Table 3.

Criteria for hypertension based on office, ambulatory, and home blood pressure measurement.

Measurement Systolic/diastolic blood pressure, mmHg
Office blood pressure ≥140 and/or ≥90
Ambulatory blood pressure
 24-h average ≥130 and/or ≥80
 Daytime or awake average ≥135 and/or ≥85
 Nighttime or asleep average ≥120 and/or ≥70
Home blood pressure ≥135 and/or ≥85

The criteria were consistently used in the US (2017 ACC/AHA) [3], European (2018 ESC/ESH) [2], Japanese (JSH 2019) [1], and international (2020 ISH) [4] guidelines.