Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: Blood Pressure Control and Compliance to Treatment in Hypertensive Patients With Metabolic Syndrome: a Study Based on Home Blood Pressure Telemonitoring
Brief Summary: The purpose of this study is to assess whether, in patients at high cardiovascular risk (hypertension with metabolic syndrome), long-term (1-year) blood pressure control is most effective when based on home blood pressure telemonitoring and on the feedback to the patient by the doctor between visits, or when based only on blood pressure determination during quarterly office visits.


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

* Treated or untreated uncontrolled essential arterial hypertension (office systolic blood pressure \>140 or diastolic \>90 mmHg + day-time systolic blood pressure \>135 or day-time diastolic blood pressure \>85 mmHg)
* Metabolic syndrome (ATP III criteria)

Exclusion Criteria:

* Secondary arterial hypertension
* Severe liver or kidney disease
* Immunological disease
* Cardiac arrhythmias
B: Inclusion Criteria:

* Diagnosis of type 2 diabetes mellitus (the onset of diabetes must have occurred on or after the age of 30 years and there is no history of diabetic ketoacidosis)
* Uncontrolled systolic hypertension (defined as a daytime systolic BP of 130 mm Hg or higher on 24-hour ambulatory)

Exclusion Criteria:

* Conditions making the patient unsuitable for study such as severe cognitive impairment, language difficulties (unable to speak and understand instructions in English), frequent (more than once per month for more than week) or prolonged (more than 2 months) trips away from home, homelessness, self-identified substance abuse, being pregnant, or unable to use home BP device;
* Life expectancy less than one year
* Coexisting conditions that require frequent (more than once a month) office visits or repeated (more than once in the past year) hospitalizations
* Atrial fibrillation or other cardiac arrhythmias requiring drug treatment
* Moderately severe chronic renal failure defined as estimated GFR less than 25 mL/min
* Myocardial infarction, episode of heart failure requiring hospitalization, or paralyzing stroke in the past year
* Having unstable angina
* Severe valvular heart diseases such as severe aortic stenosis
* Symptomatic orthostatic hypotension
* Refusal to sign consent form or to carry out the demands made by the study
C: Inclusion Criteria:

1. age 21 years or older
2. a clinical diagnosis of hypertension with uncontrolled BP in the previous three months, currently taking or about to take anti-hypertensive medications
3. received high school or above level of education
4. active user of smart phone (Android or Apple) and mobile Apps
5. the average of three BP measurements during the screening visit at the CHC is ≥ 140/90 mm Hg, or ≥ 130/80 mm Hg if the patient has diabetes or renal diseases;
6. being able to give informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

* acute coronary syndrome
* heart failure
* cardiac arrhythmia
* stroke within the past three months
* renal failure
* cancer
* dementia, severe or acute psychiatric illness, pregnancy or intention to be pregnant in the next 18 months, and hospitalization within 3 months.
* additional exclusion criteria include participation in another clinical trial, arm
* circumference \>32 centimeters that may affect the accuracy of BP measurement due to cuff size limit of the tele-monitor's, and unwillingness to comply with the 12 month intervention duration.
D: Inclusion Criteria:

* Type 2 diabetes
* age: 60 \~ 85 yrs
* HbA1c: 6.5%-11.0%
* duration of diabetes: less than 30 years
* BMI: 20-35

Exclusion Criteria:

* systemic corticosteroid administered within previous 6 months
* history of myocardial ischemia
* Heart failure, NYHA Class II-IV
* Thyroid disease with abnormal TFT
* Anti-obesity drugs or slimming products within previous 3 months

Answer: A