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Metabolic Syndrome in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Iceu Dimas Kulsum, Faisal Yunus Departemen Pulmonologi dan Kedokteran Respirasi, Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Indonesia, RSUP Persahabatan, Jakarta Abstract Metabolic syndrome is a complex disorder and an emerging clinical challenge, recognized clinically by the findings of abdominal obesity, elevated triglycerides, atherogenic dyslipidemia, elevated blood pressure, high blood glucose and/or insulin resistance. Metabolic syndrome is 1.5-3 times […]