Effects of Blood Pressure Reduction on High Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein (hsCRP)

Exclusion Criteria

• •1. History of secondary hypertension.
• •2. Pharmacologic antihypertensive therapy with ACE inhibitors, angiotensin receptor blockers, or aldosterone blockers within 3 months prior to Visit 1, or with thiazide diuretics within 1 month prior to Visit 1. The use of other classes of agents which lower BP but are being used for other therapy or for HTN, are allowed as long as these agents are started at least 3 months prior to randomization, are not initiated after enrollment and doses remain unchanged during the study.