PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Helwick, Caroline ED - Blumenthal, Roger S. TI - Metabolic Syndrome Needs Intervention DP - 2007 Jun 01 TA - MD Conference Express PG - 24--34 VI - 7 IP - 1 4099 - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/7/1/24.short 4100 - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/7/1/24.full AB - This article describes the six risk conditions associated with the metabolic syndrome, and their appropriate interventions, including: abdominal obesity, atherogenic dyslipidemia, elevated blood pressure, insulin resistance/glucose intolerance, proinflammatory states, and prothrombotic states.