Metabolic syndrome in general medical practice

Abstract

Modern scientific and practical information on urgency, prevalence, etiopathogenesis, clinical implications, laboratory diagnostics, and treatment of metabolic syndrome is presented. The paper presents up-to-date information on metabolic syndrome for general practice doctors and doctors of specialized services in order to improve efficiency of treatment of the discussed category of patients.

Keywords

• metabolic syndrome
• body weight index
• abdominal obesity
• insulin resistance
• lipid triad
• type 2 pancreatic diabetes