I've now recorded my blood pressure over 27,000 times since 1998, or an average of 7 times per day. I just ran an interesting report, comparing my current, healthy blood pressure, over the past 12 months (2008-2009), with a previous 12 month's (2002-2003) unhealthy 12 months. My blood pressure is at healthy levels all through the day, mostly as a result of a low calorie, high fiber, small meal, frequent eating Diet, significant physical exericise, Coreg and avoiding irritants and triggers that cause Higher Blood Pressure and Heart Rhythm Irregularities.

From the following table, it can be seen that in 2002, when my blood pressure was at unhealthy levels, my lowest hourly averages of the day were at 9am (141/90), 10am (142/91) and 12pm (145/93); and the highest hours were at 10pm (163/102), 9pm (161/102) and 8pm (160/101).

Currently, with very healthy blood pressure levels, my lowest hourly averages are at 7am (112/66), 8am (115/69) and 9am (120/71); and the highest are at 5pm (131/77), 7pm (131/77) and 3pm (131/76).

The times are military, so you need to subtract 12 from hours 13 through 24, for 1pm through 12am.

I thought that others might find unique blood pressure info like this interesting. Any questions or comments about trends, or things about the averages that are surprising or unexpected?

--- (2008-2009) ------------- (2002-2003)

• Hour=7 112/66; ------ Hour=9 141/90
• Hour=8 115/69; ------ Hour=10 142/91
• Hour=9 120/71; ------ Hour=12 145/93
• Hour=10 121/71; ------ Hour=3 145/96
• Hour=3 121/70; ------ Hour=2 147/92
• Hour=5 122/71; ------ Hour=8 147/93
• Hour=6 123/70; ------ Hour=11 147/94
• Hour=4 123/71; ------ Hour=4 148/96
• Hour=2 123/70; ------ Hour=17 149/94
• Hour=21 124/72; ------ Hour=13 149/97
• Hour=11 124/73; ------ Hour=18 149/94
• Hour=23 124/71; ------ Hour=14 150/96
• Hour=24 125/71; ------ Hour=16 150/94
• Hour=1 125/70; ------ Hour=24 151/98
• Hour=20 125/73; ------ Hour=1 153/98
• Hour=22 125/72; ------ Hour=19 153/96
• Hour=12 126/74; ------ Hour=15 153/95
• Hour=14 127/75; ------ Hour=6 153/100
• Hour=13 128/75; ------ Hour=23 156/99
• Hour=18 128/76; ------ Hour=5 157/102
• Hour=16 129/77; ------ Hour=7 160/102
• Hour=15 131/76; ------ Hour=20 160/101
• Hour=19 131/77; ------ Hour=21 161/102
• Hour=17 131/77; ------ Hour=22 163/102

* Table starts with lowest hourly averages and ends with the highest hourly averages. The bp readings on the left are from the 2008 time period, the readings on the right are from the 2002 time period.