Hypertensive patients were identified by using clinical and medication history. SPSS 21 was used to analyse data. RESULTS: Of the 1080 subjects, 871 80.6 were females and 209 19.4 were males. ...Hypertension was found in 307 28.4 subjects. Hypertension was significantly associated with lifestyle modification factors, like weight reduction, reduction in salt intake and smoking cessation p