European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on February 27, 2008
European Heart Journal 2008 29(6):693-694; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehm642
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Vascular consequences of metabolic syndrome in early life
Department of Vascular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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This editorial refers to Arterial structure and function in young adults with the metabolic syndrome: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study
by N. Mattsson et al. on page 784
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The presence of the metabolic syndrome, a clustering of metabolic risk factors closely associated with abdominal obesity, is accompanied by an increased risk for the development of cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes mellitus. It is now generally accepted that insulin resistance together with abdominal obesity are key features in the pathophysiology of the metabolic syndrome. As a result of total body energy dysbalance, adipocytes in abdominal adipose tissue enlarge and start producing chemotactic factors, such as monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1)
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