Metabolic Syndrome: Specific Diseases

Metabolic syndrome
Metabolic syndrome is not a specific disease; rather, it is a constellation of metabolic derangements such as insulin resistance, hyperinsulinemia, abdominal obesity, impaired glucose tolerance, dyslipidaemia, hypertension, and a proinflammatory and prothrombotic state. Metabolic syndrome is also known as metabolic syndrome X, cardiometabolic syndrome, syndrome X, insulin resistance syndrome, Reaven's syndrome (named for Gerald Reaven), and CHAOS (coronary artery disease, hypertension, atherosclerosis, obesity and stroke ) in