Type 5 diabetes: fifth pillar or fifth column

Authors

  • Sanjay Kalra Department of Endocrinology, Bharti Hospital, Karnal, India; University Centre for Research & Development, Chandigarh University, Mohali, India
  • Sambit Das Department of Endocrinology, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneshwar, India.
  • Saptarshi Bhattacharya Department of Endocrinology, Apollo Indraprastha Hospitals, New Delhi, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.25-102

Abstract

This opinion piece reviews the history of malnutritionrelated, or malnutrition modulated diabetes mellitus(MMDM). It reviews various terms used to describe thiscondition, and analyzes current efforts at renaming it astype 5 diabetes. It provides a simple, yet effectivediagnostic checklist, based upon Ahuja’s diagnosticcriteria, for MMDM. While research is certainly required todefine and describe this entity, renaming it will createconfusion and chaos, rather than comprehension orclarity.

Keywords: Diabetes, malnutrition, MMDM, MRDM,pancreatic diabetes, PDDM, PDPM, tropical diabetes

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Published

2025-11-22

How to Cite

Sanjay Kalra, Sambit Das, & Saptarshi Bhattacharya. (2025). Type 5 diabetes: fifth pillar or fifth column. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 75(12), 1976–1978. https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.25-102

Issue

Vol. 75 No. 12 (2025): DECEMBER

Section

RECENT ADVANCES IN ENDOCRINOLOGY

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