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  1. Johns Hopkins Medicine (via Yahoo Health): What is a Normal Blood Pressure health.yahoo.com - What is a Normal Blood Pressure
  2. A.D.A.M. (via New York Times): What's a Normal Blood Pressure Reading health.nytimes.com - What's a Normal Blood Pressure Reading
  3. National Heart Lung and Blood Institute: Blood Pressure Numbers nhlbi.nih.gov - Blood Pressure Numbers
  4. American Heart Association: What Do Blood Pressure Numbers Mean? | Blood Pressure Readings americanheart.org - Blood Pressure Readings
  5. Wikipedia: Normal Values for Blood Pressure en.wikipedia.org - Normal Values for Blood Pressure
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Research Notes on What's a Normal Blood Pressure


Normal blood pressure for adults is 120/80 or below. Blood pressure can vary throughout the day and can increase or decrease depending on activity. Medications are not usually prescribed until the systolic reading reaches 140 or the diastolic reading reaches 90.1

Fast Facts:

  • Blood pressure is the force of blood circulating on the walls of the blood vessels.2
  • Blood pressure is a key vital sign.2
  • While blood pressure is normally taken at the upper arm, it can be taken at other places of the body.2

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Research Notes References

  1. ↑ Johns Hopkins Medicine (via Yahoo Health): What is a Normal Blood Pressure
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Wikipedia: Blood Pressure

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