Table 1.

Base line characteristics.

Variable	Responder (n = 5)	Non-responder (n = 5)	p-Value
Age	57 +/− 14	55 +/− 21	0.684
Female gender	3/5 (60%)	1/5 (20%)	0.524
Body mass index	33 +/− 5	29 +/− 4	0.721
Diabetes mellitus	2/5 (40%)	3/5 (60%)	1.000
# antihypertensive med. baseline	4.2 +/− 1.1	5.0 +/− 0.7	0.067
# antihypertensive med. 6 months	4.8 +/− 1.1	4.2 +/− 1.1	0.623
Systolic BP baseline (mm Hg)	161 +/− 11	149 +/− 17	0.664
Systolic BP 6 months (mm Hg)	135 +/− 6	145 +/− 12	0.198

Patient characteristics.