Metabolic Syndrome is a Combination of Risk Factors

Metabolic syndrome is a combination of five basic risk factors: the body's resistance to insulin, elevated blood insulin levels, elevated blood sugar levels, obesity, elevated blood fat levels, and elevated blood pressure. Obesity is characteristic of this syndrome and it is a characteristic, so-called central obesity, where fat tissue accumulates mainly around the waist. The body mass index is greater than 30. Men are more prone to the central type of obesity, and their waist circumference should not exceed 102 cm, while women should not have a waist circumference greater than 88 cm. The layers of fatty tissue on the abdomen cause a greater release of fatty acids into the hepatic circulation and an increase in the concentration of fats in the blood.