Table 1.

Schedule of Observation and Procedures

Assessment	Screening	Baseline	Week 8	Week 16	Week 24	Week 52 Final Visit
Informed Consent	X
Medical history	X
Physical exam	X
Randomization		X
Clinical Blood Pressure		X	X	X	X	X
24 hour ambulatory blood pressures		X	X	X	X	X
Fasting glucose/blood profile		X
2 hour glucose tolerance test		X
Physical Fitness		X	X	X		X
Behavioural Measures		X	X	X		X
Physiologic Measures		X	X	X		X
Drug			X	X		X
Placebo			X