[Several aspects of arterial pressure in urban workers]

We studied the blood pressure in 1,635 workers in 12 companies of Guadalajara City. We observed direct relationship of age with systolic and diastolic values. The prevalence of high blood pressure for 1,000 workers was: for systolic hypertension 158.71; for sisto-diastolic hypertension 99.42 and for the diastolic hypertension 27.02. We found that for the systo-diastolic hypertensives their life expectancy was 11.5 years shorter and the economic impact was calculated in 2,954.10 million of pesos for each 100 workers.