✅ we suggest home blood pressure measurement as the initial strategy to confirm the diagnosis of hypertension in most patients:
✅ Hypertension is diagnosed if the mean home blood pressure, when measured with appropriate technique and with a device that has been validated in the office, is ≥130 mmHg systolic or ≥80 mmHg diastolic.
✅ A diagnosis of hypertension can be confirmed by serial (at least three) office-based blood pressure measurements spaced over a period of weeks to months with a mean of ≥130 mmHg systolic ≥80 mmHg diastolic.
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