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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: Relative to control, 24-h ambulatory systolic (-1. 3 mm Hg (-2. 4, -0. 3), P = 0. 016) and diastolic (-1. 0 mm Hg (-1. 9, -0. 2), P = 0. 021) blood pressures were lower at 12 months but not at 4 months ; fasting insulin concentrations and homeostasis model assessment (HOMA) scores were significantly lower at 4 months (-1. 2 mU l (-1) (-1. 3, -1. 1), P = 0. 004 and -0. 6 units (-1. 0, -0. 19), P = 0. 004) and 12 months (-1. 3 mU l (-1) (-1. 4, -1. 1), P < 0. 001 and -0. 7 units (-1. 1, -0. 24), P = 0. 002).