Stroke Foundation shocked at numbers with elevated blood pressure:
(Photo from U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)
To mark Stroke Awareness Week, the Stroke Foundation, St Johnand Lions offered free blood pressure checks on Saturday 12 September at over 100 supermarkets throughout the country. About 12,000 people had their blood pressure checked.
Dr John Fink, Stroke Foundation Medical Advisor, says 46 percent of the blood pressures reported back to the Stroke Foundation were above normal.
"These were people with blood pressures of 140 systolic or higher and 90 diastolic or higher - in many cases, considerably higher. Blood pressure that is consistently above 140 over 90 is considered to be high. Normal blood pressure is around 120 over 80. In general, the lower the better."
No comments:
Post a Comment