Cardiology · Cardiology / Preventive cardiology
Metabolic syndrome
also: insulin resistance syndrome; Syndrome X
Cluster of central obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia and impaired glucose metabolism.
- Specialty
- Cardiology
- Subspecialty
- Cardiology / Preventive cardiology
- Sex & age distribution
- Male: affected; Female: affected, higher after menopause; Children: yes, obese adolescents
- Gene(s) involved
- None recorded
- Alternative names & eponyms
- insulin resistance syndrome; Syndrome X
Etiology & mechanism
Insulin resistance and visceral adiposity.
Gene(s) involved (0)
No gene recorded for this syndrome.
Symptoms & signs (6)
In plain terms, someone with Metabolic syndrome may experience the following — click any to explore related syndromes:
Same gene(s)
Other syndromes that involve one of this syndrome's genes.
Overlapping symptoms
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Shares symptoms with
2 shared
Cushing syndrome
central obesity, hypertension
1 shared
Alport syndrome
hypertension
1 shared
Alström syndrome
fatty liver
1 shared
Ask–Upmark kidney syndrome
hypertension
1 shared
Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome
hypertension
1 shared
Chanarin–Dorfman syndrome
fatty liver
1 shared
Congenital generalized lipodystrophy
fatty liver
1 shared
Conn syndrome
hypertension
1 shared
Ectopic ACTH syndrome
hypertension
1 shared
Ectopic Cushing syndrome
hypertension
Shares genes with
None.
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