Metabolic syndrome X

In medicine, Metabolic syndrome X, also called Abdominal obesity-metabolic syndrome, is a "cluster of metabolic risk factors for cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes mellitus. The major components of metabolic syndrome x include excess abdominal fat; atherogenic dyslipidemia; hypertension; hyperglycemia; insulin resistance; a proinflammatory state; and a prothrombotic (thrombosis) state."