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This article provides a comprehensive review of the relationship between insulin resistance, compensatory hyperinsulinemia, Syndrome X, and coronary heart disease.
This article reviews the components and implications of Syndrome X (metabolic syndrome), including insulin resistance, hyperinsulinemia, and their relationship with coronary heart disease.
Affirms insulin resistance and hyperinsulinemia as CHD correlates in Syndrome X; leaves open causal mechanisms and targeted trials.
The sections in this article are: Terminology Insulin Resistance Versus Compensatory Hyperinsulinemia Nature Versus Nurture in The Development of Syndrome X Ethnicity Obesity: Overall and Regional Habitual Physical Activity Smoking Alcohol Glucose Intolerance Dyslipidemia Relationship between Insulin Resistance, Compensatory Hyperinsulinemia, Increased Hepatic VLDL‐TG Secretion and Hypertriglyceridemia Abnormalities Associated with Hypertriglyceridemia Hemostatic System Syndrome X and High Blood Pressure Uric Acid Microalbuminuria is not The “Cause” of Syndrome X!
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Gerald M. Reaven (2001) conducted a review in Syndrome X and Coronary Heart Disease. This article provides a comprehensive review of the relationship between insulin resistance, compensatory hyperinsulinemia, Syndrome X, and coronary heart disease.
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