2. Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiovascular Disease

Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiovascular Disease

Insulin resistance is characterized by an impaired physiological response to insulin. The constellation of insulin resistance, and several other metabolic and vascular disorders, is known as the insulin resistance syndrome, or metabolic syndrome. The characteristic features of metabolic syndrome include;central obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia and glucose intolerance, and abnormalities in bo...

A Review of Neck Circumference As a Potent Anthropometric Predictor of Cardiovascular Disease and Metabolic Syndrome

Introduction: Obesity is considered to be a major risk factor for metabolic syndrome (MetS). The present study aimed to investigate the associations of neck circumference (NC) with cardiovascular diseases and MetS in adults. Methods: This review was conducted via searching in databases such as Medline, PubMed, Scopus, and Google Scholar using various keywords, ...

Obesity, metabolic syndrome, and cardiovascular disease.

Early childhood overweight and obesity have alarmingly increased over the years. Adulthood obesity is a well demonstrated significant independent predictor of cardiovascular risk (CVR) and/or mortality, which predisposes to the major components of metabolic syndrome (MS). Evidence of MS in obese children has been also reported associated with biochemical and inflammatory factors that affect vas...

Hyperuricemia, cardiovascular disease, and the metabolic syndrome.

Renal disease, the metabolic syndrome, and cardiovascular disease.

OBJECTIVES To describe the association between renal disease and other features of the metabolic syndrome and its derivative illnesses among Australian Aborigines in remote settings. METHODS Volunteering adults (N = 2019) in four remote communities were screened for risk factors and markers of renal disease, hypertension, and diabetes, and their cross-sectional associations were evaluated. Ra...