DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2016.v04i03.018

Pages: 721-726

Hypertension is the most common disease and it markedly increases both mortality and morbidity. The adverse effects of hypertension principally involve the blood vessels, the retina, the heart and the kidneys including central nervous system. The study group includes 30 hypertensive male subjects in the age group of 30-60 years attending Medicine OPD of M.G.H. Hospital, Jodhpur and 30 ages matched normotensive male subjects from general population and healthy attendants of patients visiting M.G.H. Hospital, Jodhpur. The increase in the systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, pulse pressure and mean arterial pressure in hypertensive subjects compared to normotensive subjects was highly significant.