Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- * Age more than or equal to 18 years of age
- * Body Mass Index between 30 to 45 kg/m\^2
- * Blood pressure: Systolic BP more than or equal to 130mmHg and less than or equal to 160mmHg and diastolic blood pressure more than or equal to 80mmHg and less than or equal to 100mmHg. Individuals with hypertension as per the 2017 ACC/AHA Guidelines will be eligible for enrollment
Exclusion Criteria:
- * Age less than 18, at screening.
- * Systolic BP \<130 or \>160mmHg at baseline, or diastolic BP \<80 or \>100 mmHg at baseline
- * BMI \<30 kg/m\^2 or \>45 kg/m\^2
- * History of pulmonary hypertension
- * Have any past or present illness of cardiovascular disease including myocardial infarction, angina, cardiac arrhythmia, diabetes, stroke, TIA, or seizure.
- * Participants who are taking 3 or more classes of hypertension medications on the maximum dose or with resistant hypertension
- * History of angioedema
- * Estimated glomerular filtration rate (GFR) \< 60 ml/min/1.73 m2 (CKD-EPI equation); urine albumin creatinine ratio ≥30 mg/g
- * Hepatic Transaminase (AST and ALT) levels \>3x the upper limit of normal;
- * Significant psychiatric illness
- * Anemia (men, Hct \< 38%; women, Hct \<36%)
- * Participants working night shifts or swing shifts
- * Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding or who can become pregnant and not practicing an acceptable method of birth control during the study (including abstinence)
Ages Eligible for Study:
18 Years to N/A (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)
Sexes Eligible for Study: ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Yes