Table 2. Effect of treatment on SBP and DBP.

*p-value less than 0.05 was considered significant using repeated measure ANOVA

SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure

Measures	Start of therapy Mean±SD	Week 1 Mean±SD	Week 4 Mean±SD	Week 8 Mean±SD	p-value
SBP mmHg	159.72 ± 18.56	145.32 ± 45.48	135.25 ± 11.78	131.22 ± 39.98	<0.01*
DBP mmHg	95.21 ± 10.39	88.5 ± 28.46	83.64 ± 7.25	81.68 ± 5.85	<0.01*
Pulse	87.02 ± 10.66	82.96 ± 9.61	80.07 ± 8.6	78.89 ± 8.09	<0.01*