The deadly quartet. Upper-body obesity, glucose intolerance, hypertriglyceridemia, and hypertension

This article emphasized the importance of upper-body obesity as the form of obesity mostly related to hypertension, diabetes and hyperlipidemia (hypertriglyceridemia). It also recognized that this cluster of abnormalities could be observed even in the absence of significant overall obesity.

Themes : Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity

Author(s) :
Kaplan NM.

Reference :
Arch Intern Med 149:1514-1520, 1989.

Pubmed reference :
PMID:2662932