Metabolic Syndrome

"Metabolic Syndrome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A cluster of symptoms that are risk factors for CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES and TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS. The major components of metabolic syndrome include ABDOMINAL OBESITY; atherogenic DYSLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; a proinflammatory state; and a prothrombotic (THROMBOSIS) state.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Metabolic Syndrome" by people in this website by year, and whether "Metabolic Syndrome" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 266 publications over 23 distinct years, with a maximum of 24 publications in 2011
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