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Metabolic Syndrome
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•Last Updated: November 20, 2025
Metabolic syndrome refers to a group of cardiometabolic risk factors: abdominal obesity, high blood pressure, high fasting blood sugar, high blood triglycerides, and low HDL-C. If a person has at least three of these, they have metabolic syndrome.
Metabolic Syndrome falls under the Diabetes & Blood Sugar category.
