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A 48-year-old White British man is found to have persistently raised clinic blood pressure around 162/98 mmHg. Ambulatory monitoring confirms stage 2 hypertension. He has no diabetes, chronic kidney disease or cardiovascular disease. What is the most appropriate first-line antihypertensive drug?

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