Table 2.

Risk factor changes during clinical follow up of 686 hypertensive men

Follow up	No of men	Blood pressure (mm Hg)*	Heart rate (beats/min)	Serum cholesterol concentration (mmol/l)	Smoking (%)
Baseline	686	169/106	80	6.6	34
Year:
1st	654	158/97	72	6.5	30
5th	596	148/91	67	6.2	—†
10th	575	149/89	65	6.2	27
15th	457	145/89	66	6.1	17

^*After 5 minutes of supine rest.  

^†Data not available.