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.