The Metabolic Syndrome Defined by Factor Analysis and Incident Type 2 Diabetes in a Chinese Population With High Postprandial Glucose

Abstract

Insulin resistance alone does not underlie all features of the metabolic syndrome. Different physiological processes associated with various components of the metabolic syndrome contain unique information about diabetes risk. Microalbunuria is more likely to be a complication of type 2 diabetes or hypertension than a marker for the metabolic syndrome.