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Blood pressure, height, and weight of subjects were measured, and relevance was obtained using a structured questionnaire. <jats:italic>Results<\/jats:italic>. Age varied from 21 to 60 years (mean <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M1\"><mml:mn>36.5<\/mml:mn><mml:mo>\u00b1<\/mml:mo><mml:mn>8.4<\/mml:mn><\/mml:math>). Among 179 bus drivers studied, 16.8% (30\/179) had normal BP, 41.9% (75\/179) had prehypertension, and 41.3% (74\/179) had hypertension. Isolated systolic HTN was seen in 6.70% (12\/179) individuals. Out of 74 hypertensives, 9 (12.1%) were aware of their hypertension, while 3 (4.0%) were medicated and only 1 (1.3%) had BP adequately controlled. Age &gt; 35 years (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.015), BMI \u2265 23\u2009kg\/m<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.007), supporting more than four family members (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.011), and taking main meals from restaurants on most working days (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.017) were independently associated with HTN in binary logistic regression. <jats:italic>Conclusion<\/jats:italic>. Prevalence of hypertension was high among bus drivers. Age &gt; 35 years, elevated BMI, supporting a large family, and dietary habits associated with the job showed significant association with hypertension. 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