The new guidelines advocate for more aggressive treatment with statin therapy and getting LDL cholesterol counts, commonly referred to as “bad cholesterol” to your target level –- in general, less than 100mg/dL; for those with risk factors, less than 70mg/dL. (...
I’d argue you have multiple tests over 130/80 (remember it’s 130+ or 80+) and so 130 itself counts as Stage I, not to mention the 85 diastolic readings. The guidelines are based on a lot of research and the best practices come from this evidence. The study found that for every ...