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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: Addition of 300 mg Irbesartan to the patients'usual antihypertensive therapy induced a mean reduction in albuminuria of 37 % (95 % CI 20-49, P < 0. 001) ; from 1574 mg/24 h (95 % CI 1162-2132) to 996 mg/24 h (95 % CI 699-1419), a reduction in 24-h blood pressure of 8 mmHg systolic (95 % CI -2 to 18) and 5 mmHg diastolic (95 % CI 1-9) (P = 0. 11 and 0. 01, respectively) (from placebo, mean (SE) 146 (4) / 80 (2) mmHg).