A combination of medical disorders that, when occurring together, increase the risk of developing cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
syndrome—a cluster of health problems that include insulin resistance, abnormal blood fats, and borderline or elevated blood pressure; associated with chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
A cluster of health problems that include insulin resistance, abnormal blood fats, and borderline or elevated blood pressure. These problems have been associated with chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
Characteristics that increase the likelihood of development of heart disease, stroke, and diabetes whereby the individual possesses three out of five known risk factors (hypertension, abdominal obesity, elevated triglycerides, low HDL, and elevated fasting glucose).
The presence of three or more of the following interrelated atherosclerotic risk factors: insulin resistance, elevated fasting blood sugar; hypertension, elevated triglyceride level, reduced high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and abdominal obesity. Also called syndrome X, metabolic syndrome affects an estimated 40 percent of all Americans, and places patients at high risk for type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and stroke.
All energy and material transformations that occur within living cells; the sum of all physical and chemical changes that take place within an organism. It includes material changes (i.e., changes undergone by substances during all periods of life, such as growth, maturity, and senescence) and energy changes (i.e., all transformations of chemical energy of foodstuffs to mechanical energy or heat). Metabolism involves two fundamental processes: anabolism (assimilation or building-up processes) and catabolism (disintegration or tearing-down processes). Anabolism is the conversion of food molecules into living cells and tissue; catabolism is the breakdown of complex chemicals into simpler ones, often producing waste products to be excreted. Catabolism also includes cell respiration for the formation of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and release of heat energy.
Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of symptoms that increase the risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and some cancers.
A syndrome marked by the presence of three or more factors, including elevated blood pressure, abdominal obesity, elevated triglyceride levels, reduced HDL (commonly known as “good”) cholesterol levels, increased fasting blood sugar levels, and insulin resistance. These factors are interconnected and associated with a heightened risk of developing heart disease and type 2 diabetes.