Metabolic Syndrome Without Insulin Resistance

[bhobba]

Hi Guys

I have metabolic syndrome, amongst other things.

A friend has all the signs - sleep apnia, low testosterone, high AST, high ferritin, high blood pressure, horrid cholesterol, belly fat etc. Yet despite test after test he does not have insulin resistance. Me I am way insulin resistant but don't have all that other stuff, most but not all.

Its crazy - I thought THE test for metabolic syndrome was insulin resistance or have I got that wrong?

Either way he is getting a going over by a specialist who will get to the bottom of it but it has me beat - purely as a layman of course.

Thanks
Bill

 

[jambaugh]

Metabolic syndrome is not a specific illness but rather a cluster of risk factors. It sounds like your friend has sufficient risk factors without the insulin resistance to be diagnosed with it.

https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/ms