A patient with blood pressure 125/75 mmHg falls into which category?

• A. Elevated BP
• B. Hypertension Stage I
• C. Hypertension Stage II
• D. Hypertensive crisis

Answer: (A)

The main idea is that blood pressure categories are based on the higher-risk value between systolic and diastolic, using defined thresholds. Here, the systolic value is 125, which falls in the 120–129 range, while the diastolic value is 75, which is below 80. So this result sits in the Elevated BP category, since normal is below 120/80 and elevated is systolic 120–129 with diastolic <80. It’s not normal because the systolic is already above 119, and it’s not Hypertension stages or a hypertensive crisis because those require higher systolic or diastolic thresholds (130–139/80–89 for Stage I, 140+ or 90+ for Stage II, and much higher values for a crisis).