Figure 1

Legends: All results are adjusted for age, baseline smoking, baseline physical activity, baseline use of alcohol, baseline serum ferritin level, baseline body mass index and baseline hs-CRP. Waist criterion = Waist >102 cm (male) or >88 cm (female), Glucose criterion = FP-glucose ≥5.6 mmol/L, Trigly criterion = Triglycerides >1.7 mmol/l or medication for dyslipidemia, HDL criterion = HDL–cholesterol <1.03 mmol/l (men) or <1.29 mmol/l (women) or medication for dyslipidemia, BP criterion = Systolic blood pressure ≥130 mmHg or diastolic ≥85 mmHg or antihypertensive medication.