Stolar Mark
Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Cleve Clin J Med. 2007 Mar;74(3):199-202, 205-8. doi: 10.3949/ccjm.74.3.199.
The metabolic syndrome--the cluster of obesity, impaired fasting glucose, elevated triglycerides, low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and hypertension--may not be a "real" syndrome in the strict sense. It can, however, still be a useful concept if it prompts a physician to look for and treat additional risk factors when a patient is found to have one risk factor, or if it helps persuade patients to undertake healthy lifestyle changes before they develop overt diabetes mellitus or coronary artery disease.
代谢综合征——肥胖、空腹血糖受损、甘油三酯升高、高密度脂蛋白胆固醇降低以及高血压的组合——严格意义上讲可能并非一种“真正的”综合征。然而，如果当发现患者有一个危险因素时，它能促使医生去寻找并治疗其他危险因素，或者如果它有助于说服患者在患明显的糖尿病或冠状动脉疾病之前就进行健康的生活方式改变，那么它仍然是一个有用的概念。
