Our results pointed to white collar workers being at increased
odds of having hypertension. Our findings corroborate the data of
Trudel et al.29 Trudel et al. found that among the white collar
worker, the incidence of masked hypertension is high in males
compared with females, especially for the managers. Stress levels
at work have been shown to have an impact on BP among
women, with work settings and occupations that require manual
labor such as agriculture being associated with particularly high
levels of stress.30as contributing factors in the
development of high blood pressure.