Prehypertension

For the first time, they have come out with a new category of what they're calling prehypertension, in other words, people whose blood pressure isn't so high it needs to be treated with drugs, but a category where doctors need to be worried. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Now a new study has found that middle-aged people with blood pressure that's only slightly above normal -- a condition known as prehypertension -- are 68% more likely to have a stroke than those with normal blood pressure. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The study participants all had mild hypertension (known as stage 1 hypertension) or moderately elevated blood pressure (known as prehypertension), and none were taking drugs to lower blood pressure. ❋ The Huffington Post News Editors (2011)

Those children have slightly elevated blood pressure and are diagnosed with so-called "prehypertension." ❋ Unknown (2011)

Some doctors don ' t even like the term " prehypertension, " let alone the idea of treating it with drugs. ❋ Laura Landro (2010)

Anthony Viera , a family physician at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, says he doesn ' t tell patients they have " prehypertension, " instead counseling them on lifestyle modifications. ❋ Laura Landro (2010)

Until 2003, most people would not have thought twice about a blood pressure in your range, but that year guidelines from the National Institutes of Health introduced the term "prehypertension" for blood pressures of 120-139/80-89. ❋ Unknown (2007)

A review of recent studies suggests that young and middle-aged people with slightly elevated blood pressure, or prehypertension, are at much greater risk of stroke than those whose blood pressure is in the normal range. ❋ Bruce A. Barron (2011)

People under age 65 with prehypertension had a 68 percent increased risk of stroke compared with those with normal readings, independent of other known risk factors. ❋ Bruce A. Barron (2011)

The definition of hypertension has been refined and new limits for what is now considered prehypertension have been established. ❋ Bruce A. Barron (2011)

In between those levels is considered prehypertension, which carries higher risks for heart attacks and strokes than for those with normal blood pressure. ❋ Ron Winslow (2011)

I am guessing overweight, prehypertension, and a Miracle Whip consumer … ❋ Unknown (2010)