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Inc1. Body mass index \>=30 kg/m2 . 2. Less than three of the five criteria according to The National Cholesterol Education Program's Adult Treatment Panel III, NCEP/ATP III): * Systolic blood pressure \>130 and/or diastolic blood pressure \>85 mmHg, * Triglycerides \>1.7 mmol/L, * High density lipoproteins \< 1.03 (men), \< 1.29 (women); * fasting plasma glucose \>=5.6 mmol/L, * waist circumference \>102 cm (men), \>88 cm (women)lusion Criteria: Exclusion Criteria: The presence of * signs of chronic heart failure, * coronary heart disease, * infiltrative or hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy or constrictive pericarditis, * heart disease or valve disease, which can be expected to lead to surgery during the study, * cancer.