Aetiological classification of diabetes mellitus2
| Gestational diabetes | |
|---|---|
| Genetic defects of beta-cell function | Transient neonatal diabetes Permanent neonatal diabetes Mitochondrial DNA mutations |
| Genetic defects in insulin action | Type A insulin resistance Leprechaunism Rabson–Mendenhall syndrome Lipoatrophic diabetes |
| Disease of the exocrine pancreas | Pancreatitis Trauma/pancreatectomy Neoplasia Cystic fibrosis Haemochromatosis Fibrocalculous pancreatopathy |
| Endocrinopathies | Acromegaly Cushing's syndrome Glucagonoma Phaeochromocytoma Hyperthyroidism Somatostatinoma |
| Drug induced | Pentamidine Nicotinic acid Glucocorticoids Thyroid hormone Diazoxide Beta-adrenergic agonists Thiazides Gamma-interferon Immunotherapy etc |
| Infections | Congenital rubella Cytomegalovirus |
| Uncommon forms of immune-mediated diabetes | Stiff-man syndrome Anti-insulin receptor antibodies |
| Other genetic syndromes associated with diabetes | Down syndrome Klinefelter syndrome Turner syndrome Wolfram syndrome Friedreich ataxia Huntington chorea Laurence–Moon–Biedl syndrome Myotonic dystrophy Porphyria Prader–Willi syndrome |