Phase IV, 9 Weeks Comparison Between MICARDIS 80 mg and Amlodipine 10 mg on Biological PPAR Gamma Activities

Inclusion Criteria: Patient written informed consent is signed prior to any trial specific procedures participation male patients > 18 years Mean seated SBP > 130mmHg and/or DBP > 85mmHg treated with antihypertensive drug(s) with at least 2 more criteria of metabolic syndrome (NCEPT III). Biological data available within 6 months prior to enrollment visit. abdominal obesity > 102 cm at screening TG > 1.5 g/l HDL < 0.4 g/l Glycemia > 6 mmol/l Exclusion Criteria: Patients with any of the following conditions will be excluded from trial: confirmed type 1 or 2 diabetic patients treated or not secondary hypertension Mean seated SBP>180 mmHg and/or DBP >110 mmHg at screening hepatic and/or renal dysfunction as defined by the following laboratory parameters at visit 1: SGPT (ALT) or SGOT (AST) ¿ twice the upper limit of the normal range serum creatinine ¿ 2.3 mg/dL (or 203 ¿mol/L) bilateral renal artery stenosis or renal artery stenosis in a solitary kidney patients post-renal transplant or with only one functioning kidney clinically relevant hypokalemia or hyperkalemia at visit 1 uncorrected volume or sodium depletion at visit 1 primary aldosteronism hereditary or known fructose intolerance biliary obstructive disorders patients who have previously experienced symptoms characteristic of angioedema during treatment with angiotensin-II receptor antagonists history of drug or alcohol dependency within the previous six months concurrent participation in another clinical trial or any investigational therapy within thirty days prior to signing the consent form symptomatic congestive heart failure (New York Heart Academy (NYHA) functional class CHF II-IV) unstable angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) or coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery less than three months prior to informed consent stroke less than six months prior to informed consent sustained ventricular tachycardia, atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter or other clinically relevant arrhythmias as determined by the investigator hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, hemodynamically relevant stenosis of the aortic or mitral valve known allergic hypersensitivity to any component of the formulations under investigation concomitant therapy with lithium, cholestyramine or colestipol resins continued after visit 1