Testing the Efficacy of Different Dosages of Lercanidipine to Reduce Hypertensive Blood Pressure in Normal Weight and Obese Patients

Exclusion Criteria

• •Secondary hypertension;
• •Diabetes mellitus type 1, insulin dependent diabetes mellitus type 2, fasting blood glucose ≥ 160 mg/dl;
• •Subjects keeping to a hypocaloric diet (except special diet for diabetics) to reduce body weight;
• •History or presence of angioneurotic oedema;
• •Subjects developing a hypertensive crisis during wash-out or placebo run-in period;