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Text: To address this, 45 men and women (age 40-75 years) with stage I hypertension were randomized to receive either nebivolol (NB ; forced titration to 10 mg OD ; n = 15 ; age 57. 2 11. 4 years ; body mass index [BMI] 30. 8 5. 8 kg/m (2)), lifestyle modification (LM ; 5-10 % weight loss via calorie restriction and physical activity ; n = 15 ; age 52. 7 8. 5 years ; BMI 33. 9 7. 2 kg/m (2)) or nebivolol plus lifestyle modification (NBLM ; n = 15 ; age 58. 9 9. 4 years ; BMI 32. 5 4. 9 kg/m (2)) for 12 weeks.