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seven trials; the RENAAL and IDNT trials were excluded as they enrolled patients with T2DM who had already progressed to very high albuminuria. Lowering of sys tolic blood pressure by 10 mmHg reduced the risk of increases in albuminuria regard less of whether the mean systolic blood pressure at baseline was ≥140 mmHg or
seven trials; the RENAAL and IDNT trials were excluded as they enrolled patients with T2DM who had already progressed to very high albuminuria. Lowering of sys tolic blood pressure by 10 mmHg reduced the risk of increases in albuminuria regard less of whether the mean systolic blood pressure at baseline was ≥140 mmHg or
