metabolic syndrome
disease diagnosed by a cluster of at least 3 out of the following conditions: abdominal obesity, high blood pressure, high blood sugar, high serum triglycerides, low serum high-density lipoprotein
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Summary
metabolic syndrome is a syndrome[1]. It draws 3,915 Wikipedia views per month (syndrome category, ranking #10 of 65).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: medicalization[3], disease mongering[4], rare disease[5], class of disease[6]
- Subclass of: abdominal obesity-metabolic syndrome[7], disease[8]
- Commons category: Metabolic syndrome[9]
- Described by source: Dresdner Hefte[10]
- ICD-9-CM: 277.7[11]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C84442[12]
- Health specialty: endocrinology[13], internal medicine[14]
- Genetic association: DYRK1B[15]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_14221[16], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:14221[17]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[18]
- WordLift URL: http://data.medicalrecords.com/medicalrecords/healthwise/metabolic_syndrome[19]
Why It Matters
metabolic syndrome has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]