... blood pressure. The agents that are used in decreasing blood pressure include ACE inhibitors, calcium-channel blockers, alpha- and beta-receptor blockers, and angiotensin-receptor antagonists. Several clinical trials have demonstrated that angiotensin-receptor antagonists are as effective as the other anti-hypertensive agents, such as ACE inhibitors, and induce fewer adverse effects, and that they are preferred as a first- ... agent in reducing high blood pressure than losartan; and the null hypothesis is that both are equally effective. Methods In this experiment, similar to several tr...

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