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330 points wglb | 1 comments | | HN request time: 0.205s | source
1. unsupp0rted ◴[] No.41842335[source]
> "If you are consistently measuring blood pressure with an unsupported arm, and that gives you an overestimated BP of 6.5 mmHg, that's a potential difference between a systolic BP of 123 and 130, or 133 and 140—which is considered stage 2 hypertension,"

Okay, but that's a small and borderline difference?