A Patient Comes to the Walk-In Clinic Complaining of Frequent $161 / 101 \mathrm{~mm} \mathrm{Hg}$

A patient comes to the walk-in clinic complaining of frequent headaches. While assessing the patients vital signs, the nurse notes the BP is $161 / 101 \mathrm{~mm} \mathrm{Hg}$ . According to JNC 7, how would this patients BP be defined if a similar reading were obtained at a subsequent office visit?

A) High normal
B) Normal
C) Stage 1 hypertensive
D) Stage 2 hypertensive