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Section Type: METHODS

Text: Sixty-three males and 40 females aged 22 - 57 years old who met the inclusion criteria as (1) Han ethnicity ; (2) 20 - 60 years old ; (3) BMI 25 kg/m (2) and having at least one of the following risk factors : borderline hypertension (130 mm Hg SBP < 140 mm Hg and/or 85 mm Hg supine DBP < 90 mm Hg), dyslipidemia (fasting total cholesterol 5. 2 mmol/L or HDL-C < 1. 04 mmol/L), or impaired fasting glucose (6. 1 mmol/L fasting glucose < 7. 0 mmol/L) ; (4) Not on any antioxidant vitamin supplement.