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A 48-year-old man of White British ethnicity is found on repeated measurements to have a clinic blood pressure of 162/96 mmHg. Ambulatory monitoring confirms an average daytime blood pressure of 148/92 mmHg. He has no diabetes, renal disease or cardiovascular disease and his QRISK3 score is 15%. What is the most appropriate first-line antihypertensive drug?

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