RESULTS
The data were expressed as mean ± standard deviation. 300 prescriptions were included in the analysis. The demographics of the patients are given in [Table/Fig-1]. The patients were grouped according to the stages of hypertension as per the JNC VII guidelines. Based on the blood pressure recorded at the time of visit to the OPD, 8.66% of patients were found to have normal blood pressure, 25% were pre-hypertensives, 36.33% were at Stage 1 and 30% were at Stage 2 hypertension. The percentage corresponding to number of hypertensive patients, who received the type of medication is shown in [Table/Fig-1].