Table 3.

Baseline systolic, diastolic and mean arterial blood pressure prior to and after four and eight weeks of treatment with amlodipine and lisinopril in hypertensive microalbuminuric patients

	Baseline	4 weeks	8 weeks	P value
SBP (mmHg)
Amlodipine group (n = 60)	149.66 ± 10.93	139.22 ± 9.60	131.66 ± 6.40	<0.0001
	(140-160)	(130-150)	(125-142)
Lisinopril group (n = 60)	151 ± 11.86	138 ± 7.52	132.22 ± 7.76	<0.0001
	(142-160)	(132-150)	(125-140)
	P < 0.524	P = 0.444	P = 0.669
DBP (mmHg)
Amlodipine group (n = 60)	94.69 ± 4.27	87.89 ± 3.64	84 ± 2.45	<0.0001
	(90-100)	(80-92)	(82-90)
Lisinopril group (n = 60)	95.63 ± 4.87	90 ± 2.46	85.22 ± 3.23	<0.0001
	(90-100)	(80-92)	(84-92)
	P = 0.267	P = 0.0003	P = 0.025
MAP (mmHg)
Amlodipine group (n = 60)	113.01 ± 4.38	104.93 ± 3.12	98.89 ± 1.75	<0.0001
	(106.67-120)	(96.67-111.30)	96.33-107.33)
Lisinopril group (n = 60)	114.13 ± 7.11	106.52 ± 3.50	100.89 ± 2.80	<0.0001
	(107.33-120)	(97.33-113.33)	(97.66-108)
	P = 0.305	P = 0.01	P = 0.0000

Data expressed as mean ± SD; Figures in parentheses indicate range