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Preferred term

Metabolic Syndrome  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A cluster of symptoms that are risk factors for CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES and TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS. The major components of metabolic syndrome include ABDOMINAL OBESITY; atherogenic DYSLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; a proinflammatory state; and a prothrombotic (THROMBOSIS) state. A cluster of symptoms that are risk factors for CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES and TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS. The major components not only include metabolic dysfunctions of METABOLIC SYNDROME but also HYPERTENSION, and ABDOMINAL OBESITY.

Broader concept

Synonym(s)

  • Dysmetabolic Syndrome X
  • Insulin Resistance Syndrome X
  • Metabolic Cardiovascular Syndrome
  • Metabolic Syndrome X
  • Metabolic X Syndrome
  • Reaven Syndrome X
  • Syndrome X, Insulin Resistance
  • Syndrome X, Metabolic

In other languages

  • French

  • Syndrome d'insulino-résistance
  • Syndrome d'insulinorésistance
  • Syndrome de résistance à l'insuline
  • Syndrome métabolique
  • Syndrome métabolique cardiovasculaire
  • Syndrome X de Reaven
  • Syndrome X métabolique

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-HMWSVWDF-N

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