摘要：METABOLIC SYNDROME (MS) IS DEFINED BY LOW TOLERANCE TO GLUCOSE, DYSLIPIDEMIA,HYPERTENSION, OBESITY AND HYPERINSULINEMIA. THROUGH ALL OF THESE FACTORS MS FAVORSINCREASED CARDIOVASCULAR RISK, WHICH IS WHY IT SHOULD BE DETECTED EARLY. ALTHOUGHTHESE FACTORS IN THE MS HAVE BEEN KNOWN FOR SOME TIME, THE MOST IMPORTANT IS INSULINRESISTANCE. DUE TO INSULIN RESISTANCE, PEOPLE WITH MS HAVE A HIGH RISK OF MORTALITY DUETO CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE.THE CONCEPT OF MS IS AN OPEN WINDOW TO RESEARCH, A CONCEPT OPEN TO THE NEW, ANIMPORTANT TOPIC OF DEBATE IN TERMS OF ITS SPREADING AREA AND THE EVER-INCREASING GLOBALINCIDENCE.THE FIRST EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE PREVALENCE OF OBESITY AND RISK FACTORS FOROBESITY IN THE ADULT POPULATION IN ROMANIA WAS PUBLISHED IN 2015 AND ESTIMATED THAT 21.3%OF ROMANIANS AGED OVER 18 YEARS SUFFER FROM OBESITY.THE TOPIC ADDRESSED IN THIS PAPER BELONGS TO A PRIORITY AREA OF PUBLIC HEALTH IN THEEUROPEAN UNION AND ROMANIA. THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THIS WORK WAS TO ANALYZE THEASSOCIATION OF OBESITY WITH OTHER CHRONIC CONDITIONS SUCH AS: T2DM, HYPERTENSION,HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA, HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA, DYSLIPIDEMIA, LIVER STEATOSIS, BILIARYLITHIASIS.
