JNC 7 Classification of Blood Pressure
{"Image DocumentName": "JNC 7 Classification of Blood Pressure", "Image ImageDescription": "NORMAL. PREHYPERTENSION. STAGE 1. STAGE 2. SBP <120 mm Hg and. DBP <80 mm Hg. SBP mm Hg or. DBP mm Hg. SBP mm Hg or. DBP mm Hg. SBP \uf0b3160 mm Hg or. DBP \uf0b3100 mm Hg. Treatment. recommended. Consider treatment in. those with diabetes or. renal disease who fail. lifestyle modification. Key Take-Aways. In the 7th Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC 7) published in 2003, Stage I hypertension was defined as in JNC 6, while Stage 2 hypertension was consolidated into a single category (vs Stages 2 and 3 in JNC iag6). (JNC7, p.11, 2nd paragraph) JNC 7 also added a prehypertension category, formerly termed normal and borderline in JNC 6. (JNC7, p.12, Table 3) Although not a disease category, the classification of prehypertension is used to identify persons at risk of developing hypertension so that both patients and clinicians will be encouraged to make the necessary lifestyle changes to prevent or delay the disease from developing. (JNC 7, p.12, 1st column, 2nd paragraph) Although drug therapy is not for prehypertensive persons based on their level of BP, drug therapy should be considered in prehypertensive patients with concomitant diabetes or renal disease in whom lifestyle modification has failed to reduce their BP to \u2264130/80 mm Hg. (JNC7, p.12, 1st column, 2nd paragraph) Additional Background Information. \uf0a7 \u2248 28% of American adults \uf0b318 years (\u224859 million) have prehypertension (AHA Update, page 18). 1. National Institutes of Health. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure. NIH Publication No August 2004: AHA Statistical Update. Heart disease and stroke statistics\u20142006 update. A report from the American Heart Association Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Committee. Circulation. 2006;113:e85-e151. Chobanian AV et al, for the NHBPEPCC. Bethesda, Md: NHLBI; NIH Publication No Available at:", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}