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CVD risk factors at entry. Hypertension=blood pressure ≥140/90 mm Hg and/or use of antihypertensive medication; Obesity=BMI ≥30 kg/m2; Low HDL cholesterol=HDL cholesterol<1.29 mmol/L; Diabetes=fasting plasma glucose ≥7.0 mmol/L, self-report of a physician diagnosis and/or use of glucose-lowering medication. 
=first visit; 
=follow up visit. BMI, body mass index; CVD, cardiovascular disease; HDL, high-density lipoprotein.
