Table 3.

Percentage of normalized and normalized or responder patients after 12 weeks of treatment with olmesartan medoxomil 10–40 mg (n=712) or ramipril 2.5–10 mg (n=714), according to sex, age and 10-year cardiovascular risk category (low-moderate: <5% and high-very high: ≥5%)

	Normalized patients (<140/90 mmHg)			Normalized patients (<150/90 mmHg)
	Olmesartan 10–40 mg	Ramipril 2.5–10 mg	P-value	Olmesartan 10–40 mg	Ramipril 2.5–10 mg	P-value
Sex
Male (n=717)	199 (56.1)	174 (48.1)	0.032	253 (71.3)	222 (61.3)	0.005
Female (n=709)	194 (54.3)	173 (49.1)	0.166	246 (68.9)	229 (65.1)	0.276
Age
65–69 years (n=597)	183 (61.4)	147 (49.2)	0.003	221 (74.2)	184 (61.5)	0.001
70–79 years (n=706)	174 (49.6)	172 (48.5)	0.766	232 (66.1)	226 (63.7)	0.498
>80 years (n=123)	36 (57.1)	28 (46.7)	0.245	46 (73.0)	41 (68.3)	0.568
10-year Cardiovascular risk
Low-moderate (n=159)	54 (67.5)	46 (60.8)	0.376	64 (80.0)	57 (72.2)	0.246
High-very high (n=1,267)	339 (53.6)	299 (47.1)	0.020	435 (68.8)	394 (62.0)	0.011