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. 2022 Aug 30;18(5):1133-1156.
doi: 10.5114/aoms/152921. eCollection 2022.

Metabolic syndrome - a new definition and management guidelines: A joint position paper by the Polish Society of Hypertension, Polish Society for the Treatment of Obesity, Polish Lipid Association, Polish Association for Study of Liver, Polish Society of Family Medicine, Polish Society of Lifestyle Medicine, Division of Prevention and Epidemiology Polish Cardiac Society, "Club 30" Polish Cardiac Society, and Division of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Society of Polish Surgeons

Piotr Dobrowolski  1 , Aleksander Prejbisz  1 , Alina Kuryłowicz  2   3 , Alicja Baska  4 , Paweł Burchardt  5 , Krzysztof Chlebus  6 , Grzegorz Dzida  7 , Piotr Jankowski  2   8 , Jerzy Jaroszewicz  9 , Paweł Jaworski  10 , Karol Kamiński  11 , Agnieszka Kapłon-Cieślicka  12 , Marek Klocek  13 , Michał Kukla  14 , Artur Mamcarz  15 , Agnieszka Mastalerz-Migas  16 , Krzysztof Narkiewicz  17 , Lucyna Ostrowska  18 , Daniel Śliż  15 , Wiesław Tarnowski  10 , Jacek Wolf  17 , Mariusz Wyleżoł  19   10 , Tomasz Zdrojewski  20 , Maciej Banach  21   22   23 , Andrzej Januszewicz  1 , Paweł Bogdański  24
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Metabolic syndrome - a new definition and management guidelines: A joint position paper by the Polish Society of Hypertension, Polish Society for the Treatment of Obesity, Polish Lipid Association, Polish Association for Study of Liver, Polish Society of Family Medicine, Polish Society of Lifestyle Medicine, Division of Prevention and Epidemiology Polish Cardiac Society, "Club 30" Polish Cardiac Society, and Division of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Society of Polish Surgeons

Piotr Dobrowolski et al. Arch Med Sci. .
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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Main conditions of the metabolic syndrome
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Metabolic syndrome diagnostic criteria
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Main and additional conditions of the metabolic syndrome as the consequences of obesity
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Principles to guide the diagnostic assessment of impaired glucose tolerance in the general population Pre-diabetes: IFG – impaired fasting glucose and IGT – impaired glucose tolerance, HbA1c – glycated haemoglobin, OGTT – oral glucose tolerance test.
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Changes in lipid levels in patients with atherogenic dyslipidaemia
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Triglyceride content in individual components of non-HDL cholesterol
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Metabolic syndrome in the pathogenesis of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF)
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Metabolic syndrome – diagnostic algorithm
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Metabolic syndrome – treatment algorithm
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Development of obesity and components of metabolic syndrome, and increasing cardiovascular risk
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Patient infographic #1. Abdominal obesity – causes and effects
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Patient infographic #1. Sample 500–600 kcal meals
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