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. 2011 Oct 5;2011(10):CD004184. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004184.pub2

Morgan 1997.

Methods randomised crossover trial. After 4 weeks placebo run‐in period, patients received perindopril in the morning and at bedtime each for 4 weeks 
 sample size calculation: not stated.
carryover effects: not reported
no washout period between treatment arms
Participants Country: Australia 
 Number randomised:20, 20 completed 
 Age range: 33‐78 yeas 
 mean age: 68±5 years 
 gender: 20 male 
 Ethnicity: not reported 
 inclusion criteria: seated DBP 95‐110 mm Hg, less than 5 mm Hg difference between the two values, and mean 24 h DBP>85 mm Hg. 
 exclusion criteria: clinic SBP >220 mm Hg, had a history of acute cerebrovascular or coronary events within the preceding 6 months, creatinine > 0.16 mmol/l, and liver function test results 50% greater than the normal range.
Interventions 4 mg od perindopril at 0900h or at 2100h
Outcomes Mortality: not reported
Morbidity: not reported
Blood Pressure data:24h BP change by 24h ABPM, data was obtained from graph and text ( fig 2 on 209)
Adverse Events: not reported
Notes  
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk not reported
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk not reported
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) 
 All outcomes High risk not used
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk All patients completed, 2 patients ABPM data was eliminated
Selective reporting (reporting bias) High risk Morning SBP, DBP were not reported
Other bias Unclear risk carryover effects were not reported