What is Abdominal obesity metabolic syndrome?
• Abdominal obesity metabolic syndrome: A syndrome characterized by a group of conditions that are considered major risk factors for diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease. • Abdominal obesity metabolic syndrome: A multifaceted syndrome characterized by HYPERINSULINEMIA; dyslipidemia (HYPERLIPIDEMIA); essential HYPERTENSION; abdominal OBESITY; and GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE in individuals with INSULIN RESISTANCE. It is different from MICROVASCULAR ANGINA (cardiac syndrome X). Source – Diseases Database Abdominal obesity metabolic syndrome is listed as a “rare disease” by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Abdominal obesity metabolic syndrome, or a subtype of Abdominal obesity metabolic syndrome, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
