Fifty three, male juvenile hypertensives (20-22 years old) with recent onset were used fos this study. They were picked up through annual health survey from 2879 university students. Criteria for hypertension was systolic blood pressure (SBP) over 150 mm Hg, and (or) diastolic blood pressure (DBP) over 90 mm Hg. Tachycardia was with heart rate over 100 per minute. In psychoiogical study, Taylor's Manifest Anxiety Scale (MAS) and Cornell Medical Index (CMI) were used. Students with systolic and diastolic hypertension showed lower M-R scores in CMI, and lower anxiety scores in MAS than the normotensives. Hypertensive group with or without tachycardia had lower M-R scores in CMI and anxiety scores in MAS than the normotensives with tachycardia. Frequency of hypertension had negative correlationship with M-R scores, that is, students with sustained hypertension reported significantly less subjective symptoms than normotensives or borderline cases. This fact was confirmed with essential hypertension patients
