Normal blood pressure is at or under 120 over 80. In November 2017, blood pressure guidelines were modified. Any blood pressure measurement at or above 130 over 80 is now considered high. And that's what we in the medical community call hypertension.

They concluded that while systolic blood pressure had a greater impact, both systolic and diastolic pressures influenced your risk factors. That was true whether measured against the older threshold of 140/90 or the newer guideline of 130/80.