The pattern of inheritance of diabetes is generally gender-neutral. Not all diabetes is hereditary; only some diabetes has the possibility of being inherited.
Diabetes can be categorized as type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, gestational diabetes, and specific types of diabetes. Type 1 diabetes, which is induced by medications, autoimmune factors, or sudden onset factors, and gestational diabetes, which is caused by changes in hormone levels during pregnancy that result in increased blood glucose, are not generally hereditary.
Type 2 diabetes has the potential to be inherited, although it is generally not related to the gender of the person to whom it is inherited. The inheritance of diabetes is often related to a number of factors, especially type 2 diabetes, which is generally considered to be induced by polygenic inheritance and is generally not accompanied by chromosomal inheritance, so the inheritance pattern of type 2 diabetes does not have a clear gender-specific orientation.
In addition, regardless of the type of diabetes, if the condition is not controlled, it may cause serious complications, so it is recommended that patients actively treat.