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What is metabolic syndrome?

Metabolic syndrome mainly refers to a syndrome that combines multiple metabolic disorders, including obesity, insulin resistance, hyperinsulinemia, abnormal lipid metabolism, abnormal glucose metabolism, and hypertension. In addition, microalbuminuria, hyperuricemia, abnormal blood coagulation and fibrinolysis, leptin resistance, low adiponectin levels, fatty liver, reduced growth hormone, abnormal sex hormone levels, etc. are also included in the metabolism Components of the syndrome. Clinical features include obesity and BMI greater than 25 in men and greater than 24 in women. For central obesity, the waist circumference is greater than or equal to 90 cm for men and greater than or equal to 85 cm for women. The visceral fat waist-to-hip ratio is greater than 0.9 for men, greater than 0.85 for women, and so on.