The metabolic syndrome / Jean Pierre Després.

• Contents: Reaven’s syndrome X -- Coronary heart disease (CHD) and type 2 diabetes odds ratio -- Our "toxic" lifestyle -- Landscape change in modifiable CVD risk factors -- Risk of ischemic heart disease (IHD) -- Insulin resistance -- The metabolic syndrome: distinctions of metabolic abnormalities, CHD risk, non-obese individuals, waist girth, abdominal obesity and management, -- Liver fat and visceral fat: cardiometabolic risk link -- Sex differences in liver fat content -- Overall objectives of INSPIRE ME IAA -- Categorization by T2D and tertiles of VAT -- Triglyceride & HDL cholesterol concentrations in men & women -- Inflammatory factors, liver fat, visceral adiposity & T2D -- Frequency of prevalent CVD -- Visceral obesity/ectopic fat screening tool -- HyperTG waist survival and CHD risk study -- Clinical diagnosis limitations -- "Turbostatins” -- The EPIC-Norfolk study -- CHD event rate and physical activity -- Reshaping lifestyle habits of obese patients.

Ämnesord

Metabolic syndrome.  (LCSH)

Obesity.  (LCSH)

Diabetes  -- Risk factors. (LCSH)

Abdominal Fat.  (MeSH)

Cardiovascular Diseases.  (MeSH)

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2.  (MeSH)

Metabolic Syndrome X.  (MeSH)

Obesity in Diabetes.  (MeSH)

Risk Factors.  (MeSH)