The metabolic syndrome – does it exist?

Stephen Hough

Abstract


The association between type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), obesity, hypertension, dyslipidaemia, hyperuricaemia and coronary vascular disease (CVD) was recorded more than 70 years ago, and in 1977 Haller coined the term metabolic syndrome (MS) to describe this group of disorders.

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