A clinical perspective of obesity, metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease

The metabolic syndrome is a condition characterized by a special constellation of reversible major risk factors for cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. The main, diagnostic, components are reduced HDL-cholesterol, raised triglycerides, blood pressure and fasting plasma glucose, all of which...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Han, Thang S, Lean, Mike EJ
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4780070/