Exploration and study for metabolic syndrome are still going
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1000-6699.2010.09.001
- VernacularTitle:对代谢综合征的探索和研究在继续
- Author:
Weiping JIA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Metabolic syndrome;
Obesity;
Diabetes mellitus
- From:
Chinese Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
2010;26(9):737-739
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Various academic organizations, countries, and regions have established different concepts of metabolic syndrome, including the involvement of metabolic disorders, the threshold of its constituent elements,and the utility as a research or clinical tool, etc. Additionally, uncertainty of its pathogenesis, lack of uniform diagnosis definition, and some other factors lead to concept confusion and practical inconvenience of metabolic syndrome in public health prevention and in clinical diagnosis. Consensus and controversy of metabolic syndrome were both presented in recent years. Besides literature reviewing, further evidences are essential for appropriate understanding and distinguishing. The present article mainly introduces the new controversies concerning the concept of metabolic syndrome and the recent evidence of unifying trends in the diagnosis criteria of abdominal obesity in Asians.
