%0 Journal Article
%T Obesity, hypertension and the metabolic syndrome<br>
%A Matthew JSorrentino
%A <br>
%J 老年心脏病学杂志(英文版)
%D 2006
%I Science Press
%X The prevalence of obesity in both developed and devel-oping countries has increased dramatically in recent years. Many people who are obese develop metabolic changes that increase the risk of diabetes mellitus and adverse cardiovascu-lar outcomes. Obesity leads to the development of insulin resistance, lipid abnormalities and increased blood pressure. The metabolic syndrome was designated as a way to easily identify individuals that tend to have a clustering of cardio-vascular risk factors. Central obesity is one of the main deter-minants of the metabolic syndrome and is essential for the defi-nition of metabolic syndrome according to the recent Interna-tional Diabetes Federation worldwide definition of metabolic syndrome.
%U http://www.alljournals.cn/get_abstract_url.aspx?pcid=A9DB1C13C87CE289EA38239A9433C9DC&cid=AD36F34DDC3BA7B0&jid=4DC702B3A2386A4814E2FF9CFB799B27&aid=94CE0E0D50491997E9D898F68060EB16&yid=37904DC365DD7266&vid=38B194292C032A66&iid=CA4FD0336C81A37A&sid=6AC2A205FBB0EF23&eid=BFE7933E5EEA150D&journal_id=1671-5411&journal_name=Journalofgeriatriccardiology:JGC&referenced_num=0&reference_num=0