Prevalence of prehypertension and its relationship to cardiovascular disease risk factors in Puducherry.

Prehypertension (PHT) leads to hypertension (HT) and cardiovascular (CVD) disease risk. Identification of CVD risk factors in PHT will reduce the burden of HT and CVD in the population. Three hundred staffs of a medical college were screened for prehypertension (PHT).