Table 3: Blood Pressure reduction and control after 4 weeks of treatment.

BP Characteristics

Amlodipine Group

n = 121

Lisinopril Group

n = 118

p-value

Baseline Systolic BP (mmHg)

173 ± 19

169 ± 15

0.088

Systolic BP at 4 weeks (mmHg)

129 ± 10

128 ± 10

0.399

Mean Systolic BP reduction (mmHg)

43 ± 13

40 ± 11

0.093

Baseline Diastolic BP (mmHg)

101 ± 10

101 ± 11

0.992

Diastolic BP at 4 weeks (mmHg)

78 ± 7

79 ± 7

0.653

Mean Diastolic BP reduction (mmHg)

22 ± 11

22 ± 10

0.772

Proportion achieved BP control, n (%)

104 (86.0)

100 (84.7)

0.792

Results are mean ± SD unless stated otherwise; p-value comparison between Amlodipine and Lisinopril treatment groups.