Table 4. Components of metabolic syndrome.

1.	Insulin resistance*
2.	Hyperinsulinemia*
3.	Obesity: visceral (central), but also generalized obesity*
4.	Dyslipidemia: high triglycerides, low HDL, small dense LDL*
5.	Adipocyte dysfunction
6.	Impaired glucose tolerance or type 2 diabetes mellitus*
7.	Fatty liver (non-alcoholic steatohepatosis, steatohepatitis)
8.	Essential hypertension: increased systolic and diastolic blood pressure*
9.	Endothelial dysfunction
10.	Renal dysfunction (micro- or macroalbuminuria)
11.	Polycystic ovary syndrome
12.	Inflammation: increased CRP and other inflammatory markers
13.	Hypercoagulability (increased fibrinogen and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1)
14.	Atherosclerosis leading to increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality*

^*Most widely incorporated into the definition of metabolic syndrome.