A.I. BURNASYAN FMBC CLINICAL BULLETIN

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Issue №3 2025 год

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A.I. Burnasyan  FMBC clinical bulletin. 2025 № 3

A.N. Danko, A.A. Slusar, A.A. Zhimirkina

Metabolic Syndrome in Hot Climates: Levels of Homeostatic Disorders

Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russiа

Contact person: Danko Aleksandra Nikolaevna: aleksa.danko2004@gmail.com


Abstract
Metabolic syndrome (MS) is a polyethological systemic metabolic disorder, which in the classification of the World Health Organization (WHO) is designated as a “pandemic of abundance” (“disease of civilization”), due to the key role in its pathogenesis of a complex of interrelated factors: obesity (mainly abdominal type), dyslipidemia, hyperglycemia, hyperinsulinemia, insulin resistance. According to WHO and leading medical associations, the prevalence of MS has become a global non-communicable epidemic, demonstrating a steady upward trend, especially in populations of industrialized and post-industrial countries and among the younger generation. The purpose of this article is to analyze, highlight, and systematize current data on the effects of chronic heat stress on key pathogenetic mechanisms of MS development, in particular, oxidative stress, the nature of changes in protein and lipid metabolism, and endothelial dysfunction. It has been shown that hypoxic conditions and oxidative stress are more likely to develop in hot climates, which is especially dangerous for patients with metabolic pathology. In addition, unfavorable climatic conditions contribute to changes in eating behavior, which worsens the condition of patients.

Keywords: metabolic syndrome, obesity, insulin resistance, hot climate, heat stress, oxidative stress, hyperglycemia

For citation: Danko AN, Slusar AA, Zhimirkina AA. Metabolic Syndrome in Hot Climates: Levels of Homeostatic Disorders. A.I. Burnasyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center Clinical Bulletin. 2025.3:39-43. (In Russian) DOI: 10.33266/2782-6430-2025-3-39-43

 

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Conflict of interest. The authors declare no conflict of interest. 
Financing. The study had no sponsorship.
Contribution. Article was prepared with equal participation of the authors.
Article received: 13.05.2025. Accepted for publication: 9.06.2025

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