BP Classification- Most accepted?

[ravip]

Recently I installed an app to keep a record of my BP readings. 

It listed various BP classifications to choose from. What would be the most appropriate? 

[ignore it]

Wow, choices, choices. Other than trial and error to find one that suits you, you could go low tech.

 

My cheap Lazyda bought armband auto pump automatically logs them, but in pre-purchase days, I just used the "notepad " thingie that came installed on my phone.

[ravip]

9 minutes ago, ignore it said:

Wow, choices, choices. Other than trial and error to find one that suits you, you could go low tech.

 

My cheap Lazyda bought armband auto pump automatically logs them, but in pre-purchase days, I just used the "notepad " thingie that came installed on my phone.

But there must be some standard that is widely used/accepted?

[ignore it]

3 minutes ago, ravip said:

But there must be some standard that is widely used/accepted?

As far as I know, as a licensed RN (retired) it's always been big number/small number.  Or 

The top number is called systolic. That is the highest pressure achieved when your heart contracts and pushes the blood through your arteries; that's about one-third of the time. The other two-thirds of the time, when the heart is refilling, is called the diastolic period.”

For age specific healthy ranges there's google.

Google might also be useful in sorting out the meaning of those classifications pictured on you original post.

[Stocky]

On 5/26/2024 at 9:21 PM, ravip said:

It listed various BP classifications to choose from. What would be the most appropriate? 

The readings don't change, all you do by picking a classification is select the levels at which your app will flag hypertension, they're all much the same, just the nomenclature changes. I guess they give the options so the app is using the same terms as your doctor.