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Metabolic Syndrome - Coggle Diagram
Metabolic Syndrome
Risk Factors
Central Obesity
Dyslipidemia
Raised Fasting blood glucose
Raised blood pressure
Age
Smoking
ethnicity
gut dysbiosis
Diagnosis (meeting three out of the five criteria)
Triglyceride levels > 1.7 mmol/L
Reduced HDL levels, i.e. < 1.0 mmol/L in men and < 1.3 mmol/L in women
Fasting glucose levels > 5.6 mmol/L
Elevated blood pressure, i.e. > 130 mmHg/ 85 mmHg
Central obesity
preventions
more exercise/less sedentary activity
lose weight
healthy diet
quit smoking
Pathophysiology
insulin resistance
release of cytokines
inflammatory cytokines e.g. TNF-a, IL-6
chronic inflammation
treatments
pharmaceutical therapy
bariatric surgery
prevalence
More than 25% Australians have obesity
Definition: A cluster of risk factors that occur together more often than by chance alone