Blood pressure has a unimodal distribution in the population sS次 Prevalence of hypertension by different cut points 290:253% 295:145% 2100:84% 2105=47% 2110:29% 2115:14% 5060708090100o120130 D/ASTOL/C BL000 PRESSURE (mm Hg/ igure 1.8.Frequency distribution of diastolic blood pressure measured at hoo Program Cooperative Group. The Hyper- me screening (n=158, 906, aged 30 to 69 ears).(Reprinted with permission from Hypertension Detection and Follow ension Detection and Follow Up Program. A progress report. Circ Res 1977: 40(Suppl 1) 1106-1109.)5 Blood Pressure has a unimodal distribution in the Population