There is no evidence of superiority for antihypertensive effectiveness or tolerability of the "new" classes of antihypertensives (calcium channel blockers and angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors). As these drugs are now widely used as treatment of first choice, our results further emphasise the need for studies confirming that they also reduce morbidity and mortality, as has been shown for diuretics and beta blockers.

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Under the hypothesis of haplotype sharing by descent, we refined the critical genetic interval to <650 kb, thus enabling candidate gene analysis.

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The results indicate the importance of a rigorous testing of a BP-measuring device used for home BP measurement to prevent patients from making erroneous treatment decisions.