Easily Check Your Blood Pressure Readings Against
the World Health Organization (WHO) Guidelines
Comprobacion facil de las indicaciones de su presion
arterial en comparacion con las directrices de la
Organization Mundial de la Salud (OMS)
Blood Pressure Categories
Categories de presion arterial
{who are not on high blood pressure medication or experiencing serious illness)
(que no toman medicamemos para la presion alta o que no sufren ninguna enfermedad seria)
CATEGORY
CATEGORIA
SYSTOLIC BLOOD
PRESSURE (SBP)
PRESION ARTERIAL
SISTOLICA (SBP)
DIASTOLIC BLOOD
PRESSURE(DBP)
PRESION ARTERIAL
DIASTOLICA (DBP)
Normal
Less than 130
Less than 85
Normal
Menos de 130
Menos de 85
Normal High
130-139
85-89
Normal alta
130-139
85-89
Low Hypertension
140-159
90-99
Hipertensiva baja
140-159
90-99
Moderate Hypertension
160-179
100-109
Hipertensiva moderada
160-179
100-109
Severe Hypertension
Greater than 180
Greater than 110
Hipertensiva muy alta
Mas de 180
Mas de 110
If your systolic pressure falls in one category but your diastolic pressure in
another, your level is classified in the higher of the two categories.
Si su presion sistolica penenece a una calegona y su presion diastolica a otra,
su nivel estara clasificado segun la mas alta de las dos categories.
IMPORTANT :
IMPORTANTE :
• WHO does not define a low blood pressure area. For reference purposes, systolic
pressure readings of less than 90 mmHg are considered to indicate low blood
pressure regardless of the diastolic pressure.
La OMS no define un area de baja presion arterial. A modo de referenda, las indicaciones
de presion sistolica inferiores a 90 mmHg son las consideradas para indicar presiones
arteriales bajas independientemente de la presion diastolica.
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