Table 1.

Most frequent risk factors for and diseases predisposed by metabolic syndrome in MEDLINE.

Risk Factors	Diseases
Obesity*	Cardiovascular Diseases
Waist circumference*	Diabetes Mellitus
Uric Acid	Coronary heart disease
Sedentary	Atherosclerosis
Hypertriglyceridemia*	Kidney Failure
Body mass index*	Myocardial Infarction
Increase in blood pressure*	Hypertensive disease
Hyperglycemia*	Cerebrovascular accident
C-reactive protein	Ischemic stroke
High Density Lipoproteins*	Heart failure
Low Birth Weights	Vascular Diseases
Stress	Myocardial Ischemia
Cigarette Smoking	Hypogonadism
Adiponectin	Erectile dysfunction