Metabolic Syndrome X

URL of this page: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/metabolicsyndromex.html

Latest News
• Heavy, Lifetime Alcohol Users May Be Toasting Metabolic Syndrome (11/10/2004, American Heart Association) - http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3026064
• Metabolic Syndrome Ups Risk of Mental Decline (11/09/2004, Reuters Health) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_21165.html (*this news item will not be available after 12/09/2004)
• Syndrome Predicts Heart Disease in Healthy Adults (11/08/2004, Reuters Health) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_21124.html (*this news item will not be available after 12/08/2004)
• Gene May Account for Range of Ills (10/22/2004, Reuters Health) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_20817.html (*this news item will not be available after 11/21/2004)

Overviews
• Getting Tough with Metabolic Syndrome (McGraw-Hill Companies) - Links to PDF File - http://www.postgradmed.com/issues/2004/01_04/metabolic_foldout.pdf
• Metabolic Syndrome (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DS00522
• Metabolic Syndrome/Syndrome X (American Association for Clinical Chemistry) - http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/conditions/metabolic.html
• Syndrome X (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00404

Diagnosis/Symptoms
• Lab Values Important in Defining Obesity Syndrome (American Association for Clinical Chemistry) - http://www.labtestsonline.org/news/obesity020131.html
• Metabolic Syndrome / Syndrome X (American Association for Clinical Chemistry) - http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/conditions/metabolic-2.html

Clinical Trials
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Syndrome X (National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D017566&recruiting;=true

Prevention/Screening
• Incremental Lifestyle Changes Can Ward Off Syndrome X (Cleveland Clinic Foundation) - http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/3000/3053.asp?index=10807

Disease Management
• Working with Your Doctor to Overcome Overweight and Obesity (American Academy of Family Physicians) - http://familydoctor.org/788.xml

Related Issues
• Insulin Resistance and Pre-Diabetes (National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse) - http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/insulinresistance/index.htm
• Insulin Resistance Syndrome (American Academy of Family Physicians) - http://familydoctor.org/660.xml
  Also available in Spanish - http://familydoctor.org/e660.xml

Research
• Association of the Metabolic Syndrome and Chronic Kidney Disease in U.S. Adults (American College of Physicians) - http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/140/3/I-39
• Metabolic Syndrome Increases Risk of Coronary Death (American Heart Association) - http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3024259
• Metabolic Syndrome May Be an Important Link to Stroke (American Heart Association) - http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3018936
• Prevalence among U.S. Adults of a Metabolic Syndrome Associated with Obesity (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/obesity/trend/metabolic.htm

Organizations
• American Diabetes Association - http://www.diabetes.org/
• American Heart Association - http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200000
• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases - http://www.niddk.nih.gov/

Statistics
• Metabolic Syndrome – Statistics (American Heart Association) - Links to PDF File - http://www.americanheart.org/downloadable/heart/1081492779297FS15META4.pdf

Women
• CRP (C-Reactive Protein) Improves Cardiovascular Risk Prediction in Metabolic Syndrome (American Heart Association) - http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3007985

Men
• Men with 3 of 5 Metabolic Abnormalities Risk Diabetes, Heart Disease (American Heart Association) - http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3013637

Children
• Elementary Signs of Heart Disease Found in Children (American Heart Association) - http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3016870
• Overweight Hispanic Youth Face Increased Risk of Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome (Endocrine Society) - http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZ18SYNSPD⊂_cat=2

Seniors
• Stalking Syndrome X (Johns Hopkins Medicine) - http://www.hopkinsafter50.com/html/newsletter/2002/ha1202_Feature.php

You may also be interested in these MedlinePlus related pages:
• Angina - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/angina.html
• Cholesterol - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/cholesterol.html
• Diabetes - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/diabetes.html
• Heart Diseases - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/heartdiseases.html
• Metabolic Disorders - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/metabolicdisorders.html
• Obesity - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/obesity.html
• Endocrine System (Hormones) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/endocrinesystemhormones.html
• Food, Nutrition and Metabolism - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/foodnutritionandmetabolism.html
• Heart and Circulation - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/heartandcirculation.html

Page last updated: 15 November 2004
Topic last reviewed: 09 October 2004