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Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiovascular Risk
How waist circumference, blood pressure, glucose and blood lipids combine to increase long-term risk.
Physician-reviewed patient informationOverview
Metabolic syndrome describes a cluster that may include abdominal adiposity, high blood pressure, elevated glucose, high triglycerides and low HDL cholesterol.
Assessment includes waist measurement, blood pressure, fasting glucose or HbA1c and a lipid profile. The findings are interpreted with age, family history, smoking and established vascular disease.
Sustainable weight management, Mediterranean-style eating, regular activity, sleep and smoking cessation are foundational. Medicines for blood pressure, lipids or glucose are added according to individual risk.
This article provides general information and does not replace examination, diagnosis or an individual treatment plan.