title: The metabolic syndrome and cardiometabolic risk: scope of the problem and current standard of care.
abstract: The metabolic syndrome is a public health concern because its prevalence is increasing in the United States, and it is associated with cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. We discuss epidemiologic trends in and causes of the metabolic syndrome. The relationships among the cardiometabolic risk factors that contribute to the metabolic syndrome-obesity, insulin resistance, proinflammatory and prothrombotic states, atherogenic dyslipidemia, and hypertension-and between these risk factors and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality are explained. Currently available interventions to modify these risk factors and the importance of preventive strategies and early detection efforts are also addressed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA. dlender@medicine.umaryland.edu
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lender
authors.forename: Suzanne K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Sysko
mesh_terms: D050171:Dyslipidemias; D015444:Exercise; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension; D018836:Inflammation Mediators; D007333:Insulin Resistance; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D009765:Obesity; D012307:Risk Factors; D013927:Thrombosis
chemical_list: D018836:Inflammation Mediators