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Blood pressure levels that are between normotension and hypertension. Individuals with prehypertension are at a higher risk for developing cardiovascular diseases. Generally, prehypertension is defined as SYSTOLIC PRESSURE of 131-139 mm Hg and/or DIASTOLIC PRESSURE of 81-89 when the optimal is 120/80 mm Hg. For diabetics and other metabolism diseases the prehypertension is around 110-129/70-79 mm Hg.
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- Pre-Hypertension
- Pre Hypertension
- Pre-Hypertensions
- Prehypertensions
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2011
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- Hypertension (1963-2010)
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- National Library of Medicine. Prehypertension. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D058246. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D058246
- Prehypertension. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prehypertension
- Prehypertension. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7239981