What exactly is metabolic syndrome?
It is estimated that up to 25% of all people living in the Western population are metabolic syndrome patients [1].
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Individuals with the metabolic syndrome have a 1.5-3 fold increased risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and a 3-5 fold increased risk of type 2 diabetes [2].
Metabolic syndrome is characterised by a clustering of multiple risk factors in one person, which can be genetically acquired and/or due to physical inactivity and a sedentary lifestyle:
Hypertension diagnosis should not only be based on repeated blood pressure measurement, but also on other diagnostic measurements, such as:
Metabolic syndrome is characterised by a clustering of multiple risk factors in one person, which can be genetically acquired and/or due to physical inactivity and a sedentary lifestyle:
Hypertension diagnosis should not only be based on repeated blood pressure measurement, but also on other diagnostic measurements, such as:
- overweight or obesity
- hypertension
- prediabetes/diabetes
- dyslipidaemia (pathological lipid profile)
- dysglycaemia (pathological glucose profile)
