The baseline demographics showed patients treated with placebo, telmisartan 40 or 80 mg, or comparators (losartan 50 mg, valsartan 80 mg, or amlodipine 5 mg) to be similar with respect to age ...

In this 6-week, double-blind trial, 585 patients were randomized to losartan/ hydrochlorothiazide or losartan as monotherapy and titrated as needed at 2-week intervals to reach goal blood pressure ...