Retraction to: Journal of Human Hypertension (2012) 26, 656–663; doi:10.1038/jhh.2011.91; published online 13 October 2011

The paper has been retracted due to concerns raised by the publishing institution regarding problems with management of conflicts of interest and with the reliability of the published data.

The corrigendum associated with this article, doi:10.1038/jhh.2013.58 has also been retracted