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. 2013 May 20;21:15. doi: 10.1186/2045-709X-21-15

Table 2.

Pro-inflammatory chemistry of the metabolic syndrome

Hyperglycemia ↑ NF-κB
Hyperinsulinemia
↑ CRP
Hypertriglyceridemia
↑ TNF
Hyperuricemia
↑ IL-6
↓ HDL
↑ Increased white blood cell count
↓ protein synthesis
↑ plasminogen activator inhibitor
↑ protein catabolism
↑ Fibrinogen
↑ gluconeogenesis
↑ Leptin
↑ serum amyloid A
↑ Resistin
↑ angiotensinogen ↓ adiponectin