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[|Human|] Hello...I recently got my BP checked and it was 121/90 using an electronic BP instrument and 121/85 using the manual one. Will this be considered as high BP. I had walked to the clinic that is around 300-400m from my house and the reading was taken 5-6 minutes after that. Would that affect the reading?
[|AI|]  Hi, Thanks for writing to Chat Doctor, I am Chat Doctor. A single reading under 140/90 mmHg is not considered elevated a person to be labelled as hypertensive, he has to have at least 2 separate readings more than 140/90 Mouthe digital BP recording machines are always less accurate and an error of 5-8mmHg is usually expected hope this answered your question, if you have more feel free to ask. Regards.