[Current studies on new parameters of metabolic syndrome].
The current definition of metabolic syndrome focuses on the individual accumulation of multiple cardiovascular risk factors. However, metabolic syndrome is often also constantly accompanied with abnormal body fat distribution, tissue insulin resistance, low-grade inflammation, and dysfunctional secretion and regulation of adipokines, which have become new highlights in the research of the pathogenesis and clinical indices of metabolic syndrome.
Jia
Wei-ping
WP
Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shanghai Jiaotong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai 200233, China.
Xiang
Kun-san
KS
D050218:Body Fat Distribution; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008062:Lipofuscin / Q000378:metabolism; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000378:metabolism*
D008062:Lipofuscin; D002097:C-Reactive Protein