Table 1: Baseline characteristics of hypertensive patients with type 2 diabetes and normoalbuminuria according to availability of fundus evaluation YES/NO, evidence of retinopathy at study entry YES/NO, and to randomization to ACE inhibitor therapy YES/NO and ndCCB therapy YES/NO.

Funduscopy Yes Funduscopy No Retinopathy Yes Retinopathy No With Retinopathy ACEi Yes ACEi No ndCCB Yes ndCCB No Number of patients 550 659 90 460 42 48 50   40 Demography  Age (yrs) 62.0$\mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}\mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}\pm \mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}$ 7.8 62.6 ± 8.2 61.3 ± 7.9 62.1 ± 7.8 61.5 ± 7.7 61.1 ± 8.1 60.8 ± 8.4 62.0 ± 7.1  Males ($n$) 294 (53.5) 345 (52.3) 48 (53.3) 246 (53.5) 24 (57.1) 24 (50.0) 30 (60.0) 18 (45.0)  Clinics   BMI (kg/m2) 28.7 ± 4.5 29.4 ± 4.9* 28.3 ± 4.0 28.8 ± 4.6 28.0 ± 3.3 28.6 ± 4.5 28.4 ± 4.0 28.1 ± 4.0   Diabetes duration (yrs) 7.9 ± 6.6 7.4 ± 6.5 10.5 ± 7.2 7.4 ± 6.3°°° 11.2 ± 7.5 9.9 ± 7.1 10.9 ± 7.0 10.1 ± 7.6  Smokers   Never 323 (58.7) 377 (57.2) 58 (64.4) 265 (57.6) 24 (57.1) 34 (70.8) 31 (62.0) 27 (67.5)   Former 169 (30.7) 194 (29.4) 24 (26.7) 145 (31.5) 14 (33.3) 10 (20.8) 15 (30.0) 9 (22.5)   Current 58 (10.5) 88 (13.3) 8 (8.9) 50 (10.9) 4 (9.5) 4 (8.3) 4 (8.0) 4 (10.0) Laboratory  HbA1c (%) 5.9 ± 1.5 5.7 ± 1.3** 6.5 ± 1.5 5.8 ± 1.4°°° 6.6 ± 1.4 6.5 ± 1.7 6.6 ± 1.7 6.4 ± 1.2  Systolic BP (mm Hg) 151.6 ± 14.3 149.3 ± 12.9* 158.4±16.5 150.3 ± 13.5°°° 161.2 ± 15.3 155.9±17.2 154.3±15.2 189.0 ± 55.6  Diastolic BP (mm Hg) 88.8 ± 8.3 86.4 ± 6.9*** 90.7 ± 8.2 88.4 ± 8.3° 92.4 ± 7.9 89.1±8.3 89.9±8.5 91.6 ± 7.9  Albuminuria ($\mu$g/min) 6.8 ± 4.5 7.0 ± 4.6 8.1 ± 5.1 6.6 ± 4.4°° 8.0 ± 5.0 8.2 ± 5.2 8.3 ± 5.4 7.8 ± 4.6  Ser. creatinine (mg/dL) 0.9 ± 0.2 0.9 ± 0.2 0.9 ± 0.2 0.9 ± 0.2 0.9 ± 0.2 0.9 ± 0.1 0.9 ± 0.1 0.9 ± 0.2  Triglycerides (mg/dL) 143.5 ± 73.2 151.7 ± 83.4 146.3 ± 75.0 142.9 ± 72.9 146.7 ± 64.9 145.9 ± 83.6 139.7 ± 80.1 154.4 ± 68.2  Tot. Cholesterol (mg/dL) 212.0 $\pm$ 36.5 208.5 ± 35.1 213.1 ± 40.5 211.8 ± 35.7 207.7 ± 31.2 217.8 ± 46.9 209.4 ± 37.3 217.7 ± 44.1

Data are mean ± SD or numbers and percentages (in brackets). * $P<\mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}.05$, **$P<.01$, ***$P\le .001$ versus Fundoscopy YES; °$P<.05$, °°$P<.01$, °°°$P\le .001$ versus Retinopathy YES; ^$P<.01$ versus ndCCB YES.