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category
Type 2 diabetes mellitus
Definition
Diabetes mellitus type 2 (formerly noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) or adult-onset diabetes) is a metabolic disorder that is characterised by high blood glucose in the context of insulin resistance and relative insulin deficiency.
Inclusions
- non-insulin-dependent diabetes of the young
Exclusions
Also indexed as
DM type IIDM2Diabetic type 2Insulin resistant diabetes mellitusKetosis-resistant diabetes mellitusNIDDM - [non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus]T2DM - [Type 2 diabetes mellitus]Type 2 diabetes mellitusType II diabetes mellitusadult onset diabetesdiabetes due to insulin secretory defectdiabetes mellitus Type 2diabetes mellitus due to insulin secretory defectinsulin requiring type 2 diabetesinsulin resistant diabetesmaturity onset diabetesmaturity-onset diabetes mellitusnon-insulin dependent diabetes mellitusnon-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus without complicationsnon-insulin-dependent diabetes of the youngnoninsulin dependent diabetesnonketotic diabetesnonketotic hyperglycaemiasenile diabetesstable diabetestype 2 diabetestype II diabetes