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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Schultes B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5122991 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Visceral medicine 20161007 5
The metabolic syndrome (MS) comprises a cluster of metabolic disturbances including obesity, hyperglycemia, dyslipidemia, and elevated blood pressure that are pathophysiologically highly interlinked and that altogether lead to an increased cardiovascular (CV) risk. While lifestyle interventions represent the basic therapeutic measure to address all components of the MS, they are in most cases not effective enough to reduce the CV risk. Therefore, pharmacological interventions are necessary for m ...[more]