in 19 healthy men aged 50 with untreated mild essential hypertension ( who group i classification ) randomized into two groups , treatment ( 18 weeks ) with oxprenolol ( n = 10 ) lowered hdl cholesterol by 11.4 % ( p less than 0.02 ) and cholesterol ratio ( hdl cholesterol x 100/ldl + vldl cholesterol ) by 13.7 % ( p less than 0.05 ) whereas atenolol ( n = 9 ) lowered hdl cholesterol by 16.5 % ( p less than 0.02 ) and cholesterol ratio by 19.2 % ( p less than 0.01 ) .
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