Welcome to EmpowHER. Systolic is the top number that measures the pressure in the arteries, when the heart beats. Diastolic the bottom number, measure the pressure in the arteries between heartbeats. The top number (systolic) should be below 120 and the bottom number (diastolic) should be below 80. 120-139 or 80-89 is considered Prehypertension. Hope this has helped?
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Hi Anon,
Welcome to EmpowHER. Systolic is the top number that measures the pressure in the arteries, when the heart beats. Diastolic the bottom number, measure the pressure in the arteries between heartbeats. The top number (systolic) should be below 120 and the bottom number (diastolic) should be below 80. 120-139 or 80-89 is considered Prehypertension. Hope this has helped?
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Daisy
June 24, 2014 - 5:45amThis Comment
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