WAPO: Blood pressure of 130 is the new ‘high,’ according to first update of guidelines in 14 years
About half of adults in the U.S. will be considered hypertensive under the new guidelines, compared to a third now.
You were just diagnosed with hypertension. And so were millions of other Americans. The American Heart Association now says 130-80 means you have high blood pressure. That’s 46 percent of the population.
