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YANES QUESADA, Miguel Ángel; YANES QUESADA, Marelys; CALDERIN BOUZA, Raúl  e  CRUZ HERNANDEZ, Jeddú. Resistance to insulin, a threat for health. Rev Cubana Endocrinol [online]. 2008, vol.19, n.3, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-2953.

INTRODUCTION: insulin resistance syndrome describes a group of related clinical anomalies, occurring with a great frequency in subjects presenting with resistance to insulin, which confers a high morbidity, mainly, the metabolic and cardiovascular ones. DEVELOPMENT: aim of present paper is to review entities associated to insulin resistance syndrome, where the more frequent are: cardiovascular events, high blood pressure, dyslipoproteinemias, obesity, and disorders associated with glucose-tolerance. Others associated disorders are: dream-obstructive apnea, non-alcoholic fat liver, and polycystic ovary syndrome. CONCLUSIONS: it is a high risk of mortality and morbidity for patients presenting it, and there are different associated affections involving health and live quality of these patients. These entities must to be searched in a active way in patients with this diagnosis

Palavras-chave : Insulin resistance; metabolic syndrome; insulin resistance syndrome.