Results: Males constituted 49.4 %, with a male to female ratio of 1:1.02. The mean age of the participants was 46.45±5.65 years. The subjects having < 45 years of age were 59%. In this sample 55 (23%) were obese and out of 118 males, 94 (79.66%) were smokers. Patients with hypertension (including pre-hypertensive) constituted 23%. Prevalence of oral contraceptive pills among women was found in 18 %. Age was found a significant (p-value < 0.05) factor in the causation of hypertension. Males kept their predominance (p-value < 0.05) in having hypertension while smoking exhibited non significant (p-value > 0.05) association with hypertension. Obesity showed significant (p-value < 0.05) and use of contraceptive pills showed non-significant (p-