2.3. Study Population
hypertension
DISEASE, MORBID OBESITY, HYPERTENSION
Volunteers were recruited in collaboration with the Atherothrombotic Disease Detection and Treatment Unit (UDETMA) of the Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova (Lleida, Spain) from the database of patients with Grade I hypertension. The inclusion criteria included: men and women over 18 years of age with diagnosed hypertension that were under treatment with one or more antihypertensive drugs, excluding ACE inhibitors. Exclusion criteria included suffering from morbid obesity (body mass index > 35 kg/m