When a predetermined condition for measurement is selected from a
plurality of conditions for measurement by operating one of measurement
switches before measuring the blood pressure, a pressure begins to be
applied to a bladder in response to the selection and the measurement of
the blood pressure starts. The measured data of the blood pressure and
the selected condition for measurement are linked to each other and
stored in a memory. Because the measurement of the blood pressure starts
upon selection of the predetermined condition by operating one of the
measurement switches, one operation can serve both as switching to
instruct the starting of the measurement and selecting the predetermined
condition for measurement. Thus, an additional operation for inputting a
condition for measurement is not necessary, and this makes it possible to
prevent forgetting to input or incorrectly inputting a condition for
measurement from occurring.