Syndrome X
Diagnostic Criteria are
- Insulin resistance (insulin not effective)
- Acanthosis nigricans (darkened areas of skin at the neck, armpits)
- Central obesity (waist circumference greater than 102-cm for men, greater than 88-cm in women).
- HDL less than 50 for women, less than 40 for men, or triglyceride more than 150-mg/dl.
- High Blood Pressure (>130/85).
- Elevated fasting glucose (>99mg/dl)
- Elevated uric acid
- Hypercoagulability (the tendency for clot formation)
- polycystic ovarian syndrome
- Microalbuminuria (protein in urine)
- Coronary artery disease
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