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A 58-year-old man with a 5-year history of type 2 diabetes mellitus attends for review. Repeated automated office blood pressures over three visits, performed using standardised technique, average 132/82 mmHg. He has microalbuminuria but no other vascular complications. According to Hypertension Canada, at which sustained blood pressure threshold should pharmacologic treatment be initiated in this patient?

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