Abstract

Metabolic syndrome (MetS), a major health issue of present century, is due to clustering of some metabolic disturbances, including central obesity, hyperglycaemia, dyslipidaemia and hypertension that affects all sections of population including young adults. There are uniform cut-off points across for all these risk factors across different population. Recent findings suggest that apart from these traditional risk factor, the condition is also associated with pulmonary dysfunction, changes in haematological and cardio-respiratory parameters, an increased risk for psychiatric co-morbidity and impaired health related quality of life (HRQL). The present review aims to extract recent knowledge on the underlying mechanisms behind the association of these correlates in pathogenesis of metabolic syndrome with special emphasis on young adults.

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