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Metabolic syndrome

is a clustering of at least three of the following five medical conditions: , high blood pressure, high blood sugar, high triglycerides, and low serum high-density (HDL).

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1. Metabolic syndrome is diagnosed when a person has a cluster of at least how many of five conditions?

2. Which of these is one of the conditions counted in metabolic syndrome?

3. The 'obesity' part of metabolic syndrome refers especially to fat around the:

4. Which blood fat is measured as part of metabolic syndrome?

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