Diabetes Types (Cont.)

Types of Diabetes

Former Names of Diabetes Types

In 1997, two organizations recommended a universal adoption of simplified terminology to move away from basing the names of the two main types on treatment or age at onset.

Former Names	Preferred Names
Type I juvenile diabetes insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus IDDM	type 1 diabetes
Type II adult-onset diabetes non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus NIDDM	type 2 diabetes

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Written by/reviewed by: Arthur Schoenstadt, MD

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