This article will answer the question what is normal blood pressure. Here goes.
There is no such thing as ‘normal blood pressure’. But for most adults there is a normal range between 110/70 and 140/90 mmHg.
“130/80 is a good average target for most patients, and 120/70 if you have diabetes.”
For most people, high blood pressure (BP) is ‘silent’, i.e. you cannot ‘feel’ whether it is high or low.
No. Your blood pressure varies minute and minute, and hour by hour. For example, blood pressure follows a circadian rhythm;.
It increases on waking in the morning and decreases during sleeping at night (called ‘nocturnal dipping’). This is why it is important not to make a decision on a single reading of BP. Several measurements are required.
As you can see from these graphs for the USA, age, gender and ethnicity all affect blood pressure, in the following ways:
It is important to have different blood pressure targets for people of different ages, gender and ethnicities.
We have answered the question what is a normal blood pressure. There is no such thing as normal blood pressure. It is affected by time of day, age, gender and ethnicity.