METHOD FOR PREDICTING RISK OF DEVELOPING METABOLIC SYNDROME

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for predicting the risk of developing metabolic syndrome (abnormality of glucose or lipid metabolism) as early as one year or more before development.SOLUTION: It has become possible to predict that a subject is at an increased risk of developing metabolic syndrome within three years if the subject's adiponectin level is 6.6 or lower and/or high-sensitivity CRP level is 0.8 or higher, by measuring the blood levels of adiponectin and high-sensitivity CRP of the subject. This has enabled the early prediction of the risk of developing metabolic syndrome in a healthy subject, so that treatment can be started at an appropriately early stage to avoid the future development of metabolic syndrome.