Article
Redefining metabolic syndrome as a fat storage condition based on studies of comparative physiology.
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) - 1 Apr 2013
Johnson Richard J, Stenvinkel Peter, Martin Sandra L, Jani Alkesh, Sánchez-Lozada Laura Gabriela, Hill James O, Lanaspa Miguel A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The metabolic syndrome refers to a constellation of signs including abdominal obesity, elevated serum triglycerides, low HDL-cholesterol, elevated blood pressure, and insulin resistance. Today approximately one third of the adult population has the metabolic syndrome. While there is little doubt that the signs constituting the metabolic syndrome frequently cluster, much controversy exists over the...
Topics
- Adult
- Animals
- Blood Pressure
- Cholesterol, HDL
- Cholesterol, LDL
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Insulin Resistance
- Metabolic Syndrome