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Abstract According to The American Heart Association (AHA) (2017), hypertension is a long-term condition in which the blood pressure in arteries is persistently elevated higher than 130 over 80 millimeters of mercury (mmHg), (l) The international guidelines (2018) defined Hypertension as an office systolic blood pressure (SBP 140 mmHg) and/or Diastolic Blood Pressure (DBP ) 90 mmHg); which is equivalent to a 24-hours average ambulatory blood pressure management (AMBPM ) 130/80 mmHg) or home blood pressure measurements (HBPM) average ) 135/85 mmHg.(2) |