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Inclusion Criteria
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| • Hypertension, defined as a diastolic blood pressure of above 90 mm Hg or a systolic blood pressure of more than 140 mm Hg or in medical treatment for hypertension. |
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Exclusion Criteria
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| • Impaired glucose tolerance, measured by an oral glucose tolerance test or diabetes according to internationally recognized criteria |
| • Known hypertension due to renal artery stenosis |
| • Hypercholesterolemia defined as a total cholesterol of more than 5 mM or statin treatment, |
| • Smokers |
| • Patients receiving vitamin K-antagonists (coumarine, marcoumar) |
| • Women of childbearing age with no safe method of contraception |
| • Pregnant or breastfeeding women |
| • Patients under the age of 18 at inclusion in the study |
