A great deal of metabolic syndrome research is focused on the increased risk factors of metabolic syndrome and co-morbidities. Many discussions on metabolic syndrome also include cardiovascular disease, leading many to describe the health phenomenon as cardio-metabolic syndrome.

In one study from the April 2003 issue of Diabetes Care researchers surveyed 888 adults ages 40-79 years old, finding 303 had metabolic syndrome by World Health Organization (WHO) criteria and 158 cases by the National Cholesterol Education Program’s (NCEP) criteria. Within the test subjects, incidence of fatal and nonfatal coronary heart disease (CHD) was compared between individuals with and without metabolic syndrome, finding those with metabolic syndrome had an increased five-year incidence and progression of carotid atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease.

Metabolic Syndrome Research – Kidneys and Liver

Metabolic syndrome research presented by Katherine McGlynn, of the National Institutes of Health, shows that metabolic syndrome increases the risk of …