METHODS	A total of 20 patients ( 17 men and 3 women ) with type 2 diabetes along with hypertension and nephropathy were enrolled in this double-blind , randomized , two-period , crossover trial of 8 weeks of treatment with the ARB candesartan 16 mg daily and placebo added in random order to existing treatment with lisinopril/enalapril 40 mg daily or captopril 150 mg daily .\