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Trained health care professionals in the office setting should make a diagnosis of Hypertension in a child or adolescent who has auscultatory confirmed BP readings ≥95th percentile at 3 different visits.
| For children Aged 1-13 y | For children Aged >13 y | |
| Normal BP | <90 %ile | <120/<80 mm of Hg |
| Elevated BP | >90 to < 95 %ile or 120/80mm of Hg to <95 %ile (which ever is lower) | 120/<80 to 129/<80 mm of Hg |
| Stage 1 HTN | > 95 to < 95 %ile+12 mm of Hg or 130/80 to 139/89 mm of Hg (which ever is lower) | 130/80 to 139/89 mm of Hg |
| Stage 2 HTN | >95 %ile + 12 mm of Hg or >140/90 mm of Hg (which ever is lower) | >140/90 mm of Hg |
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