Figure 1.

Relative change in the single risk factors and of the metabolic syndrome in total. The Metabolic syndrome is given, if 3 out of 5 criteria are met [17]. Significance: * P < 0.0001; ** P < 0.05; *** P = n.s.; Comparison between groups is a results of ANCOVA analysis (adjusted for age and gender); Differences vs. baseline are compared with a paired t-test (intraindividual comparison).