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Metabolic syndrome

Combination of different factors (e.g. excessive abdominal fat, high blood pressure, elevated blood sugar values and altered blood fat levels) that significantly increase the risk of diabetes mellitus type 2 or coronary heart disease and thus of associated effects such as heart attacks.
(cf. seca patient printouts)