Context: The metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a cluster of metabolic abnormalities that
increase the risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus and vascular disease. The common …

Excess body fat, obesity, is one of the most common disorders in clinical practice. In
addition, there is a clustering of several risk factors with obesity, including hypertension …

Cushing's syndrome and the metabolic syndrome share clinical similarities. Reports of
alterations in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis are inconsistent, however, in the …

Objective This article reviews the state of the art regarding the association between
glucocorticoid actions and both obesity and insulin resistance, two main features of the …

The stress system coordinates the adaptive response of the organism to real or perceived
stressors. The main components of the stress system are the corticotropin-releasing …

Objective: Circulating cortisol and psychosocial stress may contribute to the pathogenesis of
obesity and metabolic syndrome (MS). To evaluate these relationships, a cross‐sectional …

Objective: The purpose of this report is to investigate the associations between metabolic
syndrome (MS) and levels of morning serum cortisol in a cohort of overweight Latino youth …

Glucocorticoids are stress hormones that modulate a large number of physiological actions
involved in metabolic, inflammatory, cardiovascular and behavioral processes. The …

For a given body mass index (BMI), mortality is higher in patients with central compared to
generalized obesity. Glucocorticoids play an important role in determining body fat …

It has been suggested that increased activity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis may
link low birth weight with subsequent development of cardiovascular risk factors and …