Conditions: Pre-hypertension Hypertension
Keywords: Genetic risk of hypertension
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 50
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
The investigators aim to evaluate subjects at high risk of future development of hypertension, those with a family history of hypertension and/or that already have high normal(SBP 120-139 mmHg or DBP 80-89 mmHg) blood pressure. The investigators plan to investigate whether these subjects have the same markers (such as microscopic protein in the urine or C-reactive protein in the blood) in the blood and urine that people with high blood pressure have, and whether they are improved before and after taking the beta-blocker nebivolol.

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: None arm 2: None

Interventions: intervention 1: Nebivolol
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Oral nebivolol 2.5-5mg once daily

Protocol document: