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Old 28th Nov 2008, 20:14
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It was an old fashioned rule- Systolic pressure allowed was 120+(your age).

It's a dangerous rule, which resulted in 50 year old people dropping down of strokes and heart attacks. It shouldn't be followed now.

Have a look at post#16 http://www.pprune.org/medical-health...on-thread.html
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