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What are the standards of hypertension and what complications may be caused by hypertension?

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    According to the Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC 7), if your systolic blood pressure is ≧140 mmHg, or diastolic blood pressure ≧ 90 mmHg, then it is considered as hypertension. The complications which may be caused by Hypertension are Heart failure, Coronary artery disease, Kidney failure, Stroke, and Hemiplegia.