Perceived stress correlates with visceral obesity and lipid parameters of the metabolic syndrome: a systematic review and meta- analysis

Stress is regarded as one of the major public health challenges of the 21st century. Psychological stress has been suggested as a risk factor that may prospectively predict metabolic syndrome (Aschbacher et al., 2014; Pyykkonen et al., 2010). Other studies have also indicated that life stress may lead to metabolic syndrome (Steptoe and Kivim äki, 2013). A cross-sectional study of radiologists demonstrated that professionals characterized by elevated levels of stress had a significantly higher risk of metabolic syndrome than colleagues with lower stress (Magnavita and Fileni, 2014).

Source: Psychoneuroendocrinology - May 12, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Judit Tenk, P éter Mátrai, Péter Hegyi, Ildikó Rostás, András Garami, Imre Szabó, Petra Hartmann, Erika Pétervári, László Czopf, Alizadeh Hussain, Mária Simon, Szabina Szujó, Márta Balaskó Source Type: research