Insulin resistance in metabolic syndrome depending on the occurrence of its components.

The occurrence of IR in patients with MetS is obvious. However, despite the fact that they are high or very high cardiovascular risk patients, they are not a homogeneous group. Such patients differ from each other depending on the presence and constellation of particular disorders that make up the diagnosis of the MetS. Patients with MetS are a heterogeneous group differing in degree of IR and the risk of CVD.