Metabolic syndrome laboratory findings

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief: Priyamvada Singh, M.B.B.S. [2]

Overview

Laboratory Studies

• Fasting hyperglycemia — diabetes mellitus type 2 or impaired fasting glucose, impaired glucose tolerance, or insulin resistance
• Decreased HDL cholesterol
• Elevated triglycerides
• Elevated uric acid levels
• Fatty liver (especially in concurrent obesity), progressing to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease,

See also

• Hyperinsulinemia
• Insulin resistance
• Chronic Somogyi rebound