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Metabolic syndrome is a clustering of at least three of the following five medical conditions: abdominal obesity, high blood pressure, high blood sugar, high serum triglycerides, and low serum high-density lipoprotein (HDL). Metabolic syndrome is associated with the risk of developing cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. [1]
ICD-10 is the 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), a medical classification list by the World Health Organization (WHO). It contains codes for diseases, signs and symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances, and external causes of injury or diseases. [1]
Generally, diseases outlined within the ICD-10 codes E70-E90 within Chapter IV: Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases should be included in this category. The main article for this category is Metabolic disorders .
Prevalence estimates of MHO have varied from 6 to 75 percent, [7] and it has been argued that between 10 and 25 percent of obese individuals are metabolically healthy. [8] One study found that 47.9% of obese people had MHO, while another found that 11% did. [3] It seems to be more prevalent in women than men, and its prevalence decreases with ...
Prediabetes is a component of metabolic syndrome and is characterized by elevated blood sugar levels that fall below the threshold to diagnose diabetes mellitus.It usually does not cause symptoms but people with prediabetes often have obesity (especially abdominal or visceral obesity), dyslipidemia with high triglycerides and/or low HDL cholesterol, and hypertension. [1]
Metabolic syndrome is identified when a person has three or more of the following conditions: high blood pressure, high blood glucose, elevated triglycerides, low HDL cholesterol and excess weight ...
Metabolic syndrome is a group of conditions that occur together. It is a sign that you have higher levels of inflammation and can be the result of chronic inflammation that has been in the body ...
Impaired fasting glucose is often without any signs or symptoms, other than higher than normal glucose levels being detected in an individual's fasting blood sample.There may be signs and symptoms associated with elevated blood glucose, though these are likely to be minor, with significant symptoms suggestive of complete progression to type 2 diabetes.