Table 1.

Patient characteristics

Parameter	Total	Cilnidipine	Amlodipine
N Male Age (years) Height (cm) Body weight (kg) BMI (m2/kg) Dyslipidemia Organ damage Cerebrovascular disease Diabetic neuropathy Diabetic retinopathy Myocardial infarction Angina pectoris Heart failure Arteriosclerosis obliterans	365 240 (65.8%) 63.84 ± 8.46 160.55 ± 9.07 66.87 ± 12.93 25.84 ± 3.91 179 (49.0%) 55 (15.1%) 20 (5.5%) 49 (13.4%) 39 (10.7%) 12 (3.3%) 13 (3.6%) 7 (1.9%) 9 (2.5%)	179 112 (62.6%) 63.27 ± 8.72 160.86 ± 9.49 68.31 ± 14.52 26.27 ± 4.34 87 (48.6%) 32 (17.9%) 11 (6.1%) 26 (14.5%) 22 (12.3%) 6 (3.4%) 8 (4.5%) 4 (2.2%) 5 (2.8%)	186 128 (68.8%) 64.39 ± 8.19 160.40 ± 8.70 65.48 ± 11.05 25.42 ± 3.41 92 (49.5%) 23 (12.4%) 9 (4.8%) 23 (12.4%) 17 (9.1%) 6 (3.2%) 5 (2.7%) 3 (1.6%) 4 (2.2%)

Data are shown as the no. of patients (%) or the mean ± SD. Abbreviations: BMI: body mass index