Metabolic Syndrome Sensor
Vienna, Friday, January 2, 2009
The Metabolic Syndrome is a complex clinical condition determined by several, partially interrelated risk factors of
metabolic origin. In addition to central obesity it is also characterized by dyslipidemia (i.e. elevated triglycerides, APO-Bcontaining lipoproteins and low HDL), hypertension, impaired glucose tolerance or manifest type 2 diabetes and also by a proinflammatory state.