The coexistence of diabetes mellitus (DM) and hypertension (HTN) worsens clinical outcomes and contributes to increased morbidity and mortality. 1 Both DM and HTN are important risk factors for cerebrovascular disease, heart failure and coronary artery disease (CAD). 2 Hypertension is a prevalent comorbid condition in diabetes, affecting ∼20% to 60% of patients with diabetes, depending on obesity, ethnicity and age. 2 Both DM and HTN present considerable challenges in developing countries like India. 3 The presence of hypertension, particularly with diabetes mellitus leading to target organ damage and associated with renal disease risk, substantially increases the risk of (CVDs) cardiovascular risk disease. 4 CVDs are the leading causes of death as of 2015. In 2012, it claimed that an