![](https://www.diabetesnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/iStock-175195551_small-150x150.jpg)
Metabolic syndrome encompasses several cardiovascular risk factors, including abdominal obesity, dyslipidemia, hypertension, insulin resistance, and prothrombic and proinflammatory states. Metabolic syndrome has long been associated with type 2 diabetes and insulin resistance; however, with rising obesity rates, an association between metabolic syndrome and type 1 diabetes has also developed. Read more