Identification of calcium, sodium, magnesium and chloride ion levels in hypertensive and non-hypertensive trinidadians.

Hypertension is a progressive cardiovascular disease with association to risk factors. These risk factors in conjunction with essential elements has become identifiable with the development of the progressive disease. The key purpose of this investigation was to identify the levels of the essential elements, Sodium (Na), Magnesium (Mg), Chloride (Cl) and Calcium (Ca) in both hypertensive and non-hypertensive patients in a Trinidadian population.