The dysmetabolic syndrome.

doi:10.1046/j.1365-2796.2001.00864.x

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The dysmetabolic syndrome.

Journal of internal medicine - 1 Aug 2001

Groop L, Orho-Melander M

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The first unifying definition for the metabolic syndrome was proposed by WHO in 1998. In accordance to this, patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus or impaired glucose tolerance have the syndrome if they fulfil two of the criteria: hypertension, dyslipidaemia, obesity/abdominal obesity and microalbuminuria. Persons with normal glucose tolerance (NGT) should also be insulin resistant. About 40% of persons with...

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Abdomen
Adult
Age Distribution
Aged
Animals
Carrier Proteins
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Genotype
Humans
Hyperlipidemias
Hypertension
Insulin Resistance
Leptin
Middle Aged
Mutation
Obesity
Phenotype
Prevalence

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PMID: 11489060
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.2001.00864.x

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