Definition: The metabolic syndrome is a cluster of signs and symptoms that tend to cluster. People with this syndrome have an increased risk for diabetes, heart disease and stroke. Symptoms include abdominal obesity ("belly"), high blood pressure, high triglycerides, low HDL cholesterol and high blood sugar. The syndrome appears to be increasing in prevalence. About 10% of young adults is the image of the symptoms, but the figure rises to about 44% of the population over 60 years.
Pronunciation: ik met a NAS syndrome BOL
AKA: the syndrome of insulin resistance, dysmetabolic syndrome, metabolic syndrome X currently seems to be the most commonly used term, but it may soon happen dysmetabolic syndrome.
Common Misspellings: Syndrone metabolc
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