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Metabolic Syndrome Management

Mimi Huizinga, M.D., Clare J. Lee, M.D., MHS

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DEFINITION

Metabolic syndrome (MS) is the presence of multiple risk factors that tend to occur together and increase risk for cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
Exact criteria listed under Diagnosis.
Also called "syndrome X" or "insulin resistance syndrome"

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Last updated: May 3, 2015

Citation

Huizinga, Mimi, and Clare J Lee. "Metabolic Syndrome Management." Johns Hopkins Diabetes Guide, 2015. Johns Hopkins Guide, www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Diabetes_Guide/547091/all/Metabolic_Syndrome_Management.

Huizinga M, Lee CJ. Metabolic Syndrome Management. Johns Hopkins Diabetes Guide. 2015. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Diabetes_Guide/547091/all/Metabolic_Syndrome_Management. Accessed December 9, 2018.

Huizinga, M., & Lee, C. J. (2015). Metabolic Syndrome Management. In Johns Hopkins Diabetes Guide. Available from https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Diabetes_Guide/547091/all/Metabolic_Syndrome_Management

Huizinga M, Lee CJ. Metabolic Syndrome Management [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins Diabetes Guide. ; 2015. [cited 2018 December 09]. Available from: https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Diabetes_Guide/547091/all/Metabolic_Syndrome_Management

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