Table 2.  Blood pressure and pulse rate at baseline, olmesartan/azelnidipine and olmesartan/trichlormethiazide treatment.

	Baseline (olmesartan alone)	Olmesartan + azelnidipine	Olmesartan + trichlormethiazide	P‐value*
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	149.8 ± 11.6	135.2 ± 14.5	140.7 ± 15.2	0.017
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	84.0 ± 10.1	77.2 ± 10.6	80.2 ± 12.8	0.023
Pulse rate (b.p.m.)	77.1 ± 10.7	71.2 ± 11.0	76.4 ± 11.6	<0.001

Data are mean ± SD.

*Comparison between olmesartan/azelnidipine and olmesartan/trichlormethiazide groups by two‐tailed paired Student’s t‐test.