A subclass of DIABETES MELLITUS that is not INSULIN-responsive or dependent (NIDDM). It is characterized initially by INSULIN RESISTANCE and HYPERINSULINEMIA; and eventually by GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; and overt diabetes. Type II diabetes mellitus is no longer considered a disease exclusively found in adults. Patients seldom develop KETOSIS but often exhibit OBESITY
Metabolic Syndrome -- prevention & control : Biomarkers of cardiometabolic risk, inflammation and disease / Filipe Palavra, Flávio Reis, Daniela Marado, Armando Sena, editors
Metabolic Syndrome -- surgery : Metabolic medicine and surgery / edited by Michael M. Rothkopf, Michael J. Nusbaum, Lisa P. Haverstick ; Caroline Apovian [and fifty four others], contributors
A cluster of symptoms that are risk factors for CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES and TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS. The major components of metabolic syndrome include ABDOMINAL OBESITY; atherogenic DYSLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; a proinflammatory state; and a prothrombotic (THROMBOSIS) state