Episode #218: Metabolic Syndrome in Athletes
Barbell Medicine Podcast
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ATP3 Criteria for Diagnosing Metabolic Syndrome
The adult treatment panel three, also referred to as ATP3 from the National Cholesterol Education Panel, NSEP, so is the most common. It tends to focus primarily on the identification of additional risk factors for type two diabetes and heart disease. For this ATP3 criteria, you need to have three or more of the following five traits: abdominal obesity, serum triglycerides greater than 150 milligrams per deciliter, like if you were on the Zemai; high density lipoprotein (HDL) less than 40 milligram-per-deciliter in males,. Drug treatment for low HDL isn't really a thing that's done too much anymore.
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