Other Names for Metabolic Syndrome
In scientific literature other names are sometimes used for this syndrome:
- Reaven's Syndrome - Gerald Reaven, MD, first scientist to cluster risks factors for atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease
- Insulin Resistance Syndrome
- Syndrome X
- Deadly Quartet - abdominal obesity, glucose intolerance, hypertension, hyperlipidemia
- Obesity-Dyslipidemia Syndrome
- Dysmetabolic Syndrome
- Obesity Syndrome
- Hypertriglyceridemic Waist