Routine tests  ● Haemoglobin and haematocrit  ● Fasting plasma glucose  ● Serum total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol  ● Fasting serum triglycerides  ● Serum potassium and sodium  ● Serum uric acid  ● Serum creatinine  ● Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR)  ● Urine analysis including a test for microalbuminuria  ● 12-lead EKG

Additional tests based on history, clinical examination and routine tests  ● Haemoglobin A1c  ● Quantitative proteinuria  ● Out-of-office BP measurements*  ● Echocardiogram  ● Holter monitoring  ● Carotid ultrasound  ● Abdominal ultrasound  ● Pulse wave velocity  ● Ankle-brachial index  ● Further specialist tests for secondary hypertension (renin, aldosterone, catecholamines and their metabolites etc)

^*Ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM) is recommended as the preferred method for measurement of “out-of-office” BPs to confirm high BP and to diagnose masked hypertension. Careful measurement of home BPs is acceptable when ABPM is not feasible.