Adult blood pressure categories: normal, elevated, stage 1, stage 2 (NHLBI, as in the 2017/2025 ACC/AHA guidelines)
nhlbi_bp_categories@1.0Normal: Less than 120 systolic AND Less than 80 diastolic; Elevated: 120 to 129 AND Less than 80; Stage 1: 130 to 139 OR 80 to 89; Stage 2: 140 or higher OR 90 or higher; Hypertensive Crisis: Higher than 180 OR Higher than 120
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (U.S. National Institutes of Health), High Blood Pressure — Diagnosis (2025) · Blood pressure categories table · source
Contested: European guidelines define hypertension at 140/90 (ESC 2024, encoded separately as esc2024_office_bp) while AHA/ACC use 130/80.
Not encoded: Measurement technique (seated, rested, correct cuff), averaging of several readings per visit, out-of-office (home, ambulatory) thresholds, white-coat and masked hypertension are not encoded. The 2025 AHA/ACC guideline's own table was not opened; the categories are taken from the NHLBI page. Children and adolescents are not covered (population limited to 18 and older as an interpretation).