Home Blood Pressure Tracker
Look beyond one number. Understand your patterns and prepare for your kidney care visit.
How to measure at home
For seven days, take two readings one minute apart each morning and evening, unless your care team advises otherwise.
- Use a validated, correctly sized upper-arm cuff.
- Avoid exercise, caffeine, and smoking for 30 minutes; empty your bladder.
- Sit quietly for five minutes with feet flat, back supported, arm at heart level. Do not talk.
- Record every reading and any relevant symptoms or medication timing.
Understanding home blood pressure goals
Home readings are useful for identifying patterns, but a single reading does not diagnose hypertension or determine treatment. The values below are general reference points, not personalized prescriptions.
An average at or above this level is commonly used to identify elevated home blood pressure in some guidelines. It is not a universal treatment goal.
Some U.S. guidelines use a goal below 130/80 mmHg for many adults with hypertension, including those with CKD, when appropriate and tolerated. This is not interchangeable with the home diagnostic threshold.
Albuminuria (urine ACR ≥30 mg/g), diabetes, cardiovascular risk, frailty, orthostatic symptoms, and medication tolerance may affect how intensively BP is managed. There is no single home target determined solely by albuminuria.
Some kidney guidelines discuss a standardized office systolic target below 120 mmHg when tolerated. That target must not be applied directly to routine home readings or nonstandardized office measurements.
Saving your readings
To avoid losing your history, do not use private/incognito mode or clear this website’s browser data. Readings do not automatically sync to another device. Browser storage can still be deleted or unavailable, so export a CSV backup regularly. You can import that backup later or on another device. Anyone with access to this browser profile may be able to see the readings.
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Reading history
Readings are saved in this browser when storage is available. Export a CSV backup to protect against cleared browser data or to transfer devices.
| Date/time | Session | BP | Pulse | Context | Delete |
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Import replaces the current history after confirmation. Export a backup first if you want to keep the current readings. Only use CSV files from this tracker.
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Visual trends
Pulse readings
Each point is an individual reading at its actual date and time. Lines connect recorded measurements in time order for readability. They do not represent continuous monitoring or establish a clinical trend. Hover or tap a point for its timestamp and value.
Looking beyond the numbers
Your practical seven-day plan
Integrative Kidney Institute · Educational only, not a diagnosis or prescription. Individual BP targets vary. Readings are stored locally in this browser when available, not sent to the Institute by this tool. Use Export CSV to create your own backup.