funded by the National Science and Technology Pillar Program during the Twelfth Five‐Year Plan Period sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China [No.2012BAI37B02];CAMS Innovation Fund for Medical Science [No.2016‐I2M‐1‐008];the National Natural Science Foundation of China [No.81673184,81370898];Beijing Natural Science Foundation [No.7082079,7182130];National Key Program of Clinical Science [No.WBYZ2011‐873]
Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is the presence of a battery of cardiovascular risk factors including abdominal obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and disturbed carbohydrate metabolism[1]. MetS affects 20% of adults in th...