Blood Pressure Check - Enter Your Reading
Your blood pressure is __ over __? Enter both numbers from your monitor — the upper (systolic) and the lower (diastolic) value.
Before you enter your numbers
- Measure after 5 minutes of quiet sitting, back supported, feet flat, arm at heart level.
- No coffee, exercise or smoking in the 30 minutes before.
- Take two readings a minute apart and use the second one (or the average).
Full checklist: Measuring Blood Pressure Correctly: Step by Step. All categories at a glance: blood pressure classification.