 - Blood pressure measured in the sitting position after at least 5 minutes rest average of three readings at the last run-in-visit should range from 140 to 179 mm Hg systolic or from 90 to 109 mm Hg diastolic grades 1 or 2 of hypertension. Patients must have uncomplicated hypertension with a maximum of two additional risk factors, as defined in the 2007 guidelines of the European Societies of Hypertension and Cardiology. 